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Turnix nigricollis (Madgascar buttonquail)
Taxonomy
Tetrao nigricollis was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant. Its type locality is Mare aux Songes swamp (Sauzier collection), which is in a Holocene mire/swamp peat in Mauritius.
It was recombined as Turnix nigricollis by Goodman and Ravoavy (1993), Goodman et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Turnix nigricollis by Goodman and Ravoavy (1993), Goodman et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1789 | Tetrao nigricollis Gmelin |
| 1993 | Turnix nigricollis Goodman and Ravoavy |
| 2013 | Turnix nigricollis Goodman et al. |
| 2017 | Turnix nigricollis Clements et al. |
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Turnix nigricollis Gmelin 1789 [Madgascar buttonquail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | Turnix nigricollis (195018) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | Turnix nigricollis (92733) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | Turnix nigricollis (195020) | |
| Holocene | Mauritius | Turnix nigricollis (194027) |