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Turnix maculosus

Photo by James Eaton
Palu, Sulawesi

[edit] Identification

12-16 cm and weight 35-45 g. Black spots and bars over pale or deep-buff on the sides of the breast, flanks and wing-coverts; rufous-brown or chestnut hindneck-collar and shoulder-patch, fine yellow bill.

[edit] Distribution

Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Solomon Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies

• T. m. beccarii - Sulawesi, Muna and Tomia I. (Tukangbesi Islands)
• T. m. kinneari - Peleng I. (Banggai Islands off e Sulawesi)
• T. m. obiensis - Obi I., Kai Kecil I. (Kai Islands) and Babar I.
• T. m. sumbanus - Sumba I. (Lesser Sundas)
• T. m. floresianus - Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa, Komodo, Padar, Flores and Alor)
• T. m. maculosus - Lesser Sundas (Roti, Semau, Timor, Wetar, Moa and Kisar)
• T. m. savuensis - Sawu I. (Lesser Sundas)
• T. m. saturatus - Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain and Duke of York)
• T. m. fulvus - Huon Peninsula (ne New Guinea)
• T. m. giluwensis - E-central New Guinea
• T. m. horsbrughi - S New Guinea
• T. m. mayri - Louisiade Archipelago
• T. m. salamonis - Guadalcanal I. (Solomon Islands)
• T. m. melanotus - N and e Australia

[edit] Habitat

Near water, including grasslands and sedgelands near creeks, swamps, springs, marshes, and wetlands.

[edit] Behaviour

They make their nests in a shallow depression, lined with grass and ground litter.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID