Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Buttonquail :: Chestnut-backed Buttonquail

Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanota

Described by: Gould (1840)
Alternate common name(s): Chestnut-backed Quail
Old scientific name(s): Turnix castanotus

Photographs

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Range

Coastal n. Australia;
Two populations;
Fitzroy River in ne. Western Australia (Kimberleys, Mitchell Falls). N. Northern Territory (Arnhem Land, Kakadu National Park near Old Darwin Road turnoff, Groote Eylants and Melville Is.).

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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