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| | + | [[Image:Barred_Buttonquail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''fasciatus'', female <br />Photo by {{user|Romy+Ocon|Romy Ocon}}<br /> Masinloc, Zambales, [[Philippines]], July 2005]] |
| | ;[[:Category:Turnix|Turnix]] suscitator | | ;[[:Category:Turnix|Turnix]] suscitator |
| - | [[Image:Barred_Buttonquail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by '''Romy Ocon'''<br>Location: Masinloc, Zambales, Philippines]] | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | + | * Boldly patterned head |
| | + | * Barred underparts |
| | + | * Greyish legs and feet, yellowish in some subspecies |
| | + | * Females are brighter and larger than males. They have a black throat and in some subspecies a rufous collar |
| | + | '''Variation''': The different subspecis vary in size and in patterns and coloration of plumage; especially the ones in the [[Lesser Sundas]] seem different from those in the [[Greater Sundas]]. |
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| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | s [[Asia]] and [[Malay Archipelago]] | + | [[Asia]]: [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]]<br /> |
| | + | '''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Burma]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Singapore]], [[Philippines]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]], [[Sumatra]], [[Java]], [[Sulawesi]], [[Lesser Sundas]], [[Bali]] |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | ====Subspecies==== | + | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== |
| - | *''T. s. taigoor'' - India | + | *''T. s. taigoor'' - [[India]] |
| - | *''T. s. leggei'' - Sri Lanka | + | *''T. s. leggei'' - [[Sri Lanka]] |
| - | *''T. s. plumbipes'' - Nepal, Sikkim and Bangladesh to n Myanmar | + | *''T. s. plumbipes'' - [[Nepal]], Sikkim and [[Bangladesh]] to northern [[Burma]] |
| - | *''T. s. bengalensis'' - NE India (lower w Bengal) | + | *''T. s. bengalensis'' - North-eastern [[India]] (lower western Bengal) |
| - | *''T. s. okinavensis'' - S Kyushu I. and Makenoshima I. south to Ryukyu Islands | + | *''T. s. okinavensis'' - Southern Kyushu Island and Makenoshima Island south to Ryukyu Islands |
| - | *''T. s. rostratus'' - Taiwan | + | *''T. s. rostratus'' - [[Taiwan]] |
| - | *''T. s. blakistoni'' - Myanmar to s China, n Indochina and Hainan I. | + | *''T. s. blakistoni'' - [[Burma]] to southern [[China]], northern [[Indochina]] and Hainan Island |
| - | *''T. s. pallescens'' - S-central Myanmar | + | *''T. s. pallescens'' - South-central [[Burma]] |
| - | *''T. s. thai'' - Central Thailand | + | *''T. s. thai'' - Central [[Thailand]] |
| - | *''T. s. interrumpens'' - Peninsular Myanmar and Thailand | + | *''T. s. interrumpens'' - Peninsular [[Myanmar]] and [[Thailand]] |
| - | *''T. s. atrogularis'' - Peninsular Malaysia | + | *''T. s. atrogularis'' - Peninsula [[Malaysia]] |
| - | *''T. s. suscitator'' - Sumatra, Belitung I. and Bangka I. to Java and Bali | + | *''T. s. suscitator'' - [[Sumatra]], Belitung Island and Bangka Island to [[Java]] and [[Bali]] |
| - | *''T. s. baweanus'' - Bawean I. (off Java) | + | *''T. s. baweanus'' - Bawean Island (off [[Java]]) |
| - | *''T. s. fasciatus'' - N Philippines (Luzon to Mindoro, Sibuyan and Masbate) | + | *''T. s. fasciatus'' - Northern [[Philippines]] (Luzon to Mindoro, Sibuyan and Masbate) |
| - | *''T. s. haynaldi'' - SW Philippines (Palawan and Calamian Is.) | + | *''T. s. haynaldi'' - South-western [[Philippines]] (Palawan and Calamian Islands) |
| - | *''T. s. nigrescens'' - Philippines (Negros, Cebu and Panay) | + | *''T. s. nigrescens'' - [[Philippines]] (Negros, Cebu and Panay) |
| - | *''T. s. rufilatus'' - Sulawesi | + | *''T. s. rufilatus'' - [[Sulawesi]] |
| - | *''T. s. powelli'' - "Powell's Buttonquail"; Lesser Sundas | + | *''T. s. powelli'' - "Powell's Buttonquail"; [[Lesser Sundas]] |
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| | + | Three additional subspecies: ''kuiperi'', ''machetes'' and ''baweanus'' are generally considered invalid.<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Grasslands and scrub. | | Grasslands and scrub. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | ====Diet==== |
| | + | The diet includes insects and seeds. |
| | + | ====Breeding==== |
| | + | The female builds a grass-lined ground nest, in scrub jungle or crops. |
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| | + | The male incubates the 3 or 4, greyish white eggs, which are heavily speckled with reddish brown or blackish purple, and cares for the young. The female may have several different mates during the season. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#[http://birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=1950131 Birdforum thread] discussing the id of this species |
| | + | #Avibase |
| | + | #Wikipedia |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Turnix+suscitator}} | | {{GSearch|Turnix+suscitator}} |
| - | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Incomplete]][[Category:Turnix]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Turnix]] |
The male incubates the 3 or 4, greyish white eggs, which are heavily speckled with reddish brown or blackish purple, and cares for the young. The female may have several different mates during the season.
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