Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Barred Buttonquail

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Barred Buttonquail

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Turnicidae (Buttonquails)

Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

棕三趾鹑 (zōng sān-zhǐ-chún)

Malay : Puyuh Biasa

Japanese : ミフウズラ (mi-fu uzura)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 三斑鶉

  Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 21,900,000km²
  Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
  Breeding Endemic : No

Size : 13.5–17.5 cm; Male 35–52 g, Female 47–68 g,
Female larger (by mean 9% in Peninsular Malaysia)

Subspecies (18) and Distribution

Turnix suscitator taigoor (Sykes, 1832, Deccan)
– C and S India S from W Gujarat and Bihar (except West Bengal).
Turnix suscitator bengalensis (Blyth, 1852, Lower Bengal)
– lower West Bengal (India).
Turnix suscitator plumbipes (Hodgson, 1837, Nepal)
– Nepal, Sikkim, Bangladesh and Assam E to NW Myanmar.
Turnix suscitator leggei (E. C. S. Baker, 1920, Cocowatta, Ceylon)
– Sri Lanka.
Turnix suscitator okinavensis (A. R. Phillips, 1947, Okinawa, Riu Kiu Islands)
– Ryukyu Is.
Turnix suscitator rostratus (Swinhoe, 1865, Formosa)
– Taiwan.
Turnix suscitator blakistoni (Swinhoe, 1871, Canton, China)
– Myanmar and N Vietnam to S China and Hainan I.
Turnix suscitator pallescens (Robinson & E. C. S. Baker, 1928, Thayetmyo, Burma)
– C and S Myanmar.
Turnix suscitator thai (Deignan, 1946, Nong (or Bung) Boraphet, central Thailand at at 15 43'N, long 100 14'E)
– NW and C Thailand E to Vietnam and Cambodia.
Turnix suscitator interrumpens (Robinson & E. C. S. Baker, 1928)
– peninsular Myanmar and S Thailand.
Turnix suscitator atrogularis (Eyton, 1839, Malacca)
– Thai-Malay Peninsula
Turnix suscitator suscitator (J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Java)
– Sumatra, Belitung I and Bangka I to Java and Bali.
Turnix suscitator baweanus (Hoogerwerf, 1962, Muara, South Bawean, Java Sea)
– Bawean I (N of E Java).
Turnix suscitator fasciatus (Temminck, 1815, Philippine Islands, restricted to Manila by Hachisuka)
– Luzon S to Mindoro, Sibuyan and Masbate (N Philippines).
Turnix suscitator haynaldi (A. W. H. Blasius, 1888, Palawan, Philippines)
– Palawan and Calamian Group (W Philippines).
Turnix suscitator nigrescens (Tweeddale, 1878, Cebu)
– Panay, Guimaras, Negros and Cebu (C Philippines).
Turnix suscitator rufilatus (Wallace, 1865, Macassar, Celebes)
– Sulawesi.
Turnix suscitator powelli (Guillemard, 1885, Gunong Api Island, near Sumbawa)
– Lombok, Sumbawa, Sangeang, Flores, Solor, Lembata and Alor (W and C Lesser Sundas).