Chestnut-backed Buttonquail Turnix castanotus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Stephen Debus and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 12, 2016
Text last updated February 12, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | guatlla pintada de dors castany |
| Czech | perepel kaštanový |
| Dutch | Rosse Vechtkwartel |
| English | Chestnut-backed Buttonquail |
| English (United States) | Chestnut-backed Buttonquail |
| French | Turnix castanote |
| French (France) | Turnix castanote |
| German | Rotrücken-Laufhühnchen |
| Japanese | セアカミフウズラ |
| Norwegian | perlespringvaktel |
| Polish | przepiórnik rdzawogrzbiety |
| Russian | Каштановоспинная трёхперстка |
| Serbian | Prepeličica kestenjastih leđa |
| Slovak | prepeľovec hnedochrbtý |
| Spanish | Torillo Dorsicastaño |
| Spanish (Spain) | Torillo dorsicastaño |
| Swedish | rostryggig springhöna |
| Turkish | Kestane Sırtlı Bıldırcınyelvesi |
| Ukrainian | Триперстка північна |
Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840)
PROTONYM:
Hemipodius castanotus
Gould, 1840. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1839), Pt7 no.82, p. 145.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Northwest coast of Australia = Port Essington, Northern Territory, apud Mathews.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TURNIX
- castanotum / castanotus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
