Small Buttonquail © thainationalparks.com

Vagrant to France, Oman, Yemen.

Subspecies celestinoi of south-eastern Philippines sometimes referred to Red-backed Buttonquail (Turnix maculosus). Several formerly recognized subspecies now considered indistinguishable: alleni and arenaria merged into single African subspecies lepurana; mikado merged into eastern Asian davidi.

The following 9 subspecies are recognised:

• sylvaticus (Desfontaines, 1787)   -  Relictual in southern Spain and north-western African coast.
• lepurana (Smith, A, 1836)   -  Sub-Saharan Africa, except forests and deserts.
• dussumier (Temminck, 1828)   -  Western parts of south-eastern Asia, from India to Myanmar; possibly eastern Iran (unconfirmed).
• davidi Delacour & Jabouille, 1930   -  Eastern parts of south-eastern Asia, from Indochina through southern China to Taiwan.
• whiteheadi Ogilvie-Grant, 1897   -  Luzon (northern Philippines).
• nigrorum duPont, 1976   -  Negros (south-eastern Philippines).
• celestinoi McGregor, 1907   -  Bohol and Mindanao (south-eastern Philippines).
• suluensis Mearns, 1905   -  Sulu Is (Swest of Mindanao).
• bartelsorum Neumann, 1929   -  Java and Bali.

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