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Chestnut-backed Buttonquail
Turnix castanotus (Gould, 1840)
Turnicidae — Buttonquail
Chestnut-backed Buttonquail, Turnix castanotus, is a bird of northern Australia in the buttonquail family. It occurs in north-western Western Australia, the Top End of the Northern Territory and nearby islands, with records also from north-western Queensland. Its range includes the Dampier Peninsula, Melville Island and Groote Eylandt. It was first described by Gould in 1840. The species is associated with low grassland, Eucalyptus woodland and forest, especially on quartzite-sandstone ridges, plateaus and escarpments, and it is mostly found in areas with summer rainfall above 800 mm.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Turnicidae — Buttonquail
- Breeding range
- Australasia: n WA, Top End and satellites (n NT; nc Australia)
