Red-backed Buttonquail

Taxonomy

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Turnicidae

Genus

Turnix

eBird Code

rebbut2

Subspecies (14)

• Turnix maculosus beccarii

  Sulawesi region, including Togian Islands (off east-central Sulawesi), Muna and Tomia Islands (off southeast)

• Turnix maculosus floresianus

  Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa, Komodo, Padar, Flores, and Alor)

• Turnix maculosus furvus

  Huon Peninsula (northeastern New Guinea)

• Turnix maculosus giluwensis

  east-central New Guinea

• Turnix maculosus horsbrughi

  southern New Guinea

• Turnix maculosus kinneari

  Peleng, in Banggai Islands (off eastern Sulawesi)

• Turnix maculosus maculosus

  Lesser Sundas (Rote, Semau, Timor, Wetar, Moa, and Kisar)

• Turnix maculosus mayri

  Louisiade Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)

• Turnix maculosus melanotus

  northern and eastern Australia (Kimberley region to east-central New South Wales)

• Turnix maculosus obiensis

  Obi, Kai Kecil (Kai Islands), and Babar Island

• Turnix maculosus salomonis

  Guadalcanal (southeastern Solomon Islands)

• Turnix maculosus saturatus

  New Britain and Duke of York (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Turnix maculosus savuensis

  Sawu Island (Lesser Sundas)

• Turnix maculosus sumbanus

  Sumba (Lesser Sundas)