Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus)
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About Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
- Family: Buttonquail
The red-backed buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands. Other names by which it is known in different parts of its range include black-backed, black-spotted and orange-breasted buttonquail. There are fourteen recognised subspecies.
Source: Wikipedia