Species Turnix (Austroturnix) olivii Robinson, 1900

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• Turnix olivii Robinson, H.C. 1900. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club (LX1X): xliii-xliv [xliii].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH AMNH 544708 Skin, Near Cooktown, Queensland [15°28'S, 145°15'E].

  Type locality references:

  Greenway, J.C. Jnr 1973. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 1. Tinamidae, Spheniscidae, Gaviidae, Podicipedidae, Diomedeidae, Procellariidae, Hydrobatidae, Pelecanoididae, Phaethontidae, Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Ardeidae, Cochleariidae, Scopidae, Ciconiidae, Threskiornithidae, Phoenicopteridae, Anatidae, Cathartidae, Accipitridae, Falconidae, Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Tetraonidae, Phasianidae, Numididae, Meleagrididae, Turnicidae, Pedionomidae, Gruidae, Rallidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150(3): 207-346 [300].
• Austroturnix olivii coenensis Mathews, G.M. 1922. In Proceedings of meeting of British Ornithologists' Club, October 11, 1922. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 43: 13-14 [Date published 31 Oct 1922] [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV HLW 5046 Skin, Coen, Queensland [13°57'S, 143°12'E].

Distribution

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Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU)

Distribution References

Common Name References

Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [17] (Buff-breasted Button-quail, Buff-backed Quail, Olive's Quail)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Buff-breasted Button-quail)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [25] (Buff-breasted Button-quail)

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