Species Turnix (Ortygodes) maculosus (Temminck, 1815)
Red-backed Button-quail, Black-backed Quail, Black-spotted Quail, Black-spotted Turnix, Orange-breasted Quail, Red-backed Quail
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia
Hemipodius maculosus Temminck, 1815
Temminck (1815: 631) [Three other syntypes in MNHN, Paris].
Type data: Holotype RMNH 87424 Mounted skin, Oceania (= Timor).
Type locality references:Van den Hoek Ostende et al. (1997: 53).
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] (Black-backed Quail, Black-spotted Quail, Black-spotted Turnix, Orange-breasted Quail, Red-backed 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. (Red-backed Button-quail)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [25] (Red-backed Button-quail)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | TURNICIFORMES | 03-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |