BirdUp · Species
Red-backed Buttonquail
Turnix maculosus(Temminck, 1815)
Native
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Genus
- Turnix
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The red-backed buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. Other names by which it is known in different parts of its range include black-backed, black-spotted and orange-breasted buttonquail. There are fourteen recognised subspecies.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas to south-central, north-east and south-east New Guinea, north and east Australia and east Bismarck Arch.
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
2 photos
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