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Turnix suscitator.jpg

Turnix suscitator  (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Barred Buttonquail

Home > Birds​ > Turnix suscitator
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Turnicidae
Genus: Turnix
Species: suscitator

  • Common names: Barred Buttonquail, Common Bustard-Quail
  • Thai names: นกคุ่มอกลาย
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [2]
    Turnix suscitator suscitator (suscitator): Sumatra, Belitung I. and Bangka I. to Java and Bali
    Turnix suscitator suscitator (baweanus): Bawean I. (off Java)
    Turnix suscitator taigoor: India
    Turnix suscitator leggei: Sri Lanka
    Turnix suscitator plumbipes: Nepal, Sikkim and Bangladesh to n Myanmar
    Turnix suscitator bengalensis: NE India (lower w Bengal)
    Turnix suscitator rostratus: Taiwan
    Turnix suscitator blakistoni: Myanmar to s China, n Indochina and Hainan I.
    Turnix suscitator pallescens: S-central Myanmar
    Turnix suscitator thai: Central Thailand
    Turnix suscitator [atrogularis or interrumpens]: Thai-Malay Peninsula
    Turnix suscitator fasciatus: N Philippines (Luzon to Mindoro, Sibuyan and Masbate)
    Turnix suscitator haynaldi: SW Philippines (Palawan and Calamian Is.)
    Turnix suscitator nigrescens: Philippines (Negros, Cebu and Panay)
    Turnix suscitator rufilatus: Sulawesi
    Turnix suscitator okinavensis: S Kyushu I. and Makenoshima I. south to Ryukyu Islands
    Turnix suscitator powelli: Lesser Sundas
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population increasing. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Songkhla (Hat Yai)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Turnix suscitator from Thailand.
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Turnix suscitator, Hat Yai, Songkhla, March 2020

References:
​[1] Avibase - accessed 29 June 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2016. Turnix suscitator. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22680549A92865610. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680549A92865610.en. Downloaded on 29 June 2020.​
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​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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