Turnicidae

Turnix suscitator kuiperi
Chasen, 1937: 208

Barred Buttonquail
3 paratypes

Paratype: ZMA 47874, adult female, Tjangkok (W Belitung, Indonesia), collected 19 Mar 1937 by F.J. Kuiper (coll. nr. 496), ex Van Marle coll. nr. 874; wing 92.5, tail 32.5, bill to feathers 14.8, tarsus 27.2.

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Paratype: ZMA 47875, adult male, Tjangkok, collected 9 Mar 1937 by Kuiper (coll. nr. 484), ex Van Marle coll. nr. 875; wing 84.5, tail absent, bill to feathers 12.0, tarsus 23.4.

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Paratype: ZMA 47929, adult male, Tjangkok, collected 13 Mar 1937 by Kuiper (coll. nr. 488), ex Van Marle coll. nr. 929; wing 82.5, tail 26, bill to feathers 11.6, tarsus 23.2.

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Additional information
The holotype is an adult female from Gunung Liang (Belitung), collected 9 Feb 1936 by F.J. Kuiper, then in the MZB (nr. 16329), now in the RMNH (nr. 14029); wing 90. Chasen (1937, published Dec) mentions 14 paratypes, all taken by Kuiper in 1935-1937 and forming part of his collection: seven males with wings 81, 82, 82, 82, 83, 83, and 83 mm, five females with wings 85, 86, 89, 89, and 89 mm, and 2 unsexed birds with wing 85 and 90 mm (Chasen 1937; undoubtedly, another measuring method was used than employed above). Of these paratypes, three are in the ZMA, obtained by Van Marle directly from Kuiper with c. 50 other Belitung birds, another is in the RMNH (cat. nr. 2, female, collected 13 Mar 1937 at Tjangkok, obtained from Van Marle). The other 10 paratypes are probably in the MZB or in Kuala Lumpur. The upperparts of this subspecies are considerably darker than in nominate suscitator from Java and S Sumatra or atrogularis from N Sumatra and W Malaysia, and the wing and underparts are less buffish; they agree with nominate suscitator in the rufous barring of the underparts, which tends to form an indistinct collar on the upper breast of the female, but differs from it in the heavier and more extensive black barring of the underparts (Chasen 1937).

Measurements
As far as types in the ZMA are concerned, all measurements were taken by C.S. Roselaar, unless otherwise noted, using the methods as described in Svensson (1992) and comparable with the data published in the Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds. All are in mm, and are given to the nearest mm when taken with a ruler and to one-tenth of a mm when measured with calipers.

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