Red-backed Button-quail

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Red-backed Button-quail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Turnicidae
Genus: Turnix
Species: T. maculosus
Binomial name
Turnix maculosus
(Temminck, 1815)

The Red-backed Button-quail (Turnix maculosus) is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Solomon Islands.

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