Red-backed Buttonquail

The Red-backed Buttonquail is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus) is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Solomon Islands. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Turnix maculosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. Stub icon This Gruiformes-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. More

related to red-backed buttonquail (Turnix maculosa) of Australasia. Nine subspecies recognized. OTHER COMMON NAMES English: Striped, small, little, or Kurrichane buttonquail, Andalusian hemipode, bustard quail; French: Turnix d'Andalousie; German: Laufhühnchen; Spanish: Torillo Andaluz. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 5.9–6.3 in (15–16 cm); male 1.1–1.6 oz (32–44 g), female 1.4–1.9 oz (39–54 g). Small buttonquail, mostly chestnut with reddish breast and shoulders, scalloped back and wings, spotted flanks, pale eyes, and slender blue-gray bill. More

Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus) takes a rare few steps away from cover before realising error and zipping back into the long stuff at Tyto yesterday. Have flushed a few lately, but the birds show no preference for any particular area so sightings are a matter of luck. Lucky to see a Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa). This maturing bird dropped in for a few days and just as randomly disappeared. More