Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Desfontaines, RL 1789)

Reference:
   Hist. Acad. R. Sci. Paris Mém. Math. Phys. (1787) p.500 pl.13

Protonym:
  Tetrao sylvaticus

Type locality:
  Near Algiers.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E8906B2DDEE62E6B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E8906B2D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E8906B2D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 678962

Geographic range:

• Turnix sylvaticus: dry scrub, savanna, and burnt areas in lowlands to mountains from far southern Iberian Peninsula (at least formerly) and northern Morocco; most of sub-Saharan Africa; southwestern Arabian Peninsula; northern and southeastern Pakistan east through eastern China, southward through India and east through Vietnam; Philippines (where rare), and disjunctly Java and Bali
• Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus: southern Iberian Peninsula, northern Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
• Turnix sylvaticus lepurana: sub-Saharan Africa and far southern Arabian Peninsula
• Turnix sylvaticus dussumier: far eastern Iran to India and Myanmar
• Turnix sylvaticus davidi: peninsular Thailand to southern China, northern Indochina, and Taiwan (where rare)
• Turnix sylvaticus bartelsorum: Java and Bali
• Turnix sylvaticus whiteheadi: Luzon (northern Philippines)
• Turnix sylvaticus nigrorum: Negros Island (Philippines)
• Turnix sylvaticus celestinoi: southern Philippines (Bohol and Mindanao)
• Turnix sylvaticus suluensis: Sulu Archipelago
• Turnix maculosus: grassland and scrub of lowlands to montane Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas eastward to southern and eastern New Guinea, northern and eastern Australia, and (at least formerly) New Britain (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
• Turnix maculosus maculosus: Lesser Sundas (Rote, Semau, Timor, Wetar, Moa, and Kisar)
• Turnix maculosus beccarii: Sulawesi region, including Togian Islands (off east-central Sulawesi), Muna and Tomia Islands (off southeast)
• Turnix maculosus kinneari: Peleng, in Banggai Islands (off eastern Sulawesi)
• Turnix maculosus obiensis: Obi, Kai Kecil Island (Kai Islands), and Babar Island
• Turnix maculosus sumbanus: Sumba (Lesser Sundas)
• Turnix maculosus floresianus: Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa, Komodo, Padar, Flores, and Alor)
• Turnix maculosus savuensis: Sawu Island (Lesser Sundas)
• Turnix maculosus saturatus: New Britain and Duke of York (southeastern Bismarck Archipelago)
• Turnix maculosus furvus: Huon Peninsula (northeastern New Guinea)
• Turnix maculosus giluwensis: east-central New Guinea
• Turnix maculosus horsbrughi: southern New Guinea
• Turnix maculosus mayri: Louisiade Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)
• Turnix maculosus salomonis: Guadalcanal (southeastern Solomon Islands)
• Turnix maculosus melanotus: northern and eastern Australia
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