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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Image:barred_buttonquail_alok_plus.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Ssp. ''taigoor'' : Pair- female in front<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> Dist. Gurgaon, Haryana, [[India]], June-2015]] | [[Image:barred_buttonquail_alok_plus.JPG|thumb|400px|right|Ssp. ''taigoor'' : Pair- female in front<br />Photo by {{user|aloktewari|Alok Tewari}}<br /> Dist. Gurgaon, Haryana, [[India]], June-2015]] | ||
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[[Asia]]: [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]]<br /> | [[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]] | '''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== | ||
+ | [[Image:28327148676 9cc8942753 z.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male. Subspecies ''atrogularis''<br />Photo by {{user|SeeToh|SeeToh}}<br />Pulau Punggol Barat, [[Singapore]], July 2016]] | ||
====Subspecies==== | ====Subspecies==== | ||
There are 18 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | There are 18 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
Revision as of 18:10, 12 May 2017
- Turnix suscitator
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.
Distribution
Asia: China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Japan, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Burma, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Lesser Sundas, Bali
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 18 subspecies[1]:
- T. s. taigoor - India
- T. s. leggei - Sri Lanka
- T. s. plumbipes - Nepal, Sikkim and Bangladesh to northern Burma
- T. s. bengalensis - North-eastern India (lower western Bengal)
- T. s. okinavensis - Southern Kyushu Island and Makenoshima Island south to Ryukyu Islands
- T. s. rostratus - Taiwan
- T. s. blakistoni - Burma to southern China, northern Indochina and Hainan Island
- T. s. pallescens - South-central Burma
- T. s. thai - Central Thailand
- T. s. interrumpens - Peninsular Myanmar and Thailand
- T. s. atrogularis - Peninsula Malaysia
- T. s. suscitator - Sumatra, Belitung Island and Bangka Island to Java and Bali
- T. s. baweanus - Bawean Island (off Java)
- T. s. fasciatus - Northern Philippines (Luzon to Mindoro, Sibuyan and Masbate)
- T. s. haynaldi - South-western Philippines (Palawan and Calamian Islands)
- T. s. nigrescens - Philippines (Negros, Cebu and Panay)
- T. s. rufilatus - Sulawesi
- T. s. powelli - "Powell's Buttonquail"; Lesser Sundas
Three additional subspecies: kuiperi, machetes and baweanus are generally considered invalid.[2]
Habitat
Grasslands and scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes insects and seeds.
Breeding
The female builds a grass-lined ground nest, in scrub jungle or crops.
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
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Birdforum thread discussing the id of this species
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Barred Buttonquail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Barred_Buttonquail
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