King quail

Puyuh batu

(Synoicus chinensis)

Range: Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka), Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo (Kalimantan), Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Philippines, and parts of Australia.

Subspecies

• S. c. chinensis: Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka), Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southern China, Taiwan, the Malay Peninsula, and Singapore

• S. c. colletti: Northern Australia

• S. c. lepidus: New Guinea, as well as the Bismarck Archipelago

• S. c. lineatus: Sumatra, Borneo (Kalimantan), Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Sulawesi, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, and the Philippines

• S. c. trinkutensis: Nicobar Islands

• S. c. victoriae: Eastern Australia

• S. c. 'lineatulus': Luzon

• S. c. 'novaeguineae': Montane forests of New Guinea

• S. c. 'palmeri': Java

• S. c. 'papuensis': Southeastern New Guinea