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Buff-breasted Buttonquail* |
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Turnix olivii |
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Description (10)
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Buff-breasted Buttonquail
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Other Scientific Names
Turnix olivei [Collar and Andrew (1988)]
Other Names (World)
Buff-breasted Buttonquail, Olive's Button-quail, Robinson’s Buttonquail, Buff-backed Quail, Buff-breasted Quail, Olive's Quail
Family
Turnicidae (Buttonquails)
Size
18 - 22 cm
First Described (Guide)
Robinson, 1900
Derivation
Tur'-nix - L., quail: olivei - E. Olive, naturalist, of Cooktown, Qld
Habitat
Grass areas in open forest country. From sea-level - 400 m.
Australia (B) (NB).
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Western and central Cape York Peninsula, Qld.
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Population
Estimated population is 500 (2010) and decreasing.
Status EN
Habitat destruction through grazing, introduction of noxious weeds, and unfavourable fire regimes may be the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Usually in pairs or small coveys.
Food
Seeds. Fine gravel is swallowed to aid in digestion.
Voice
Female, a deep, slow booming, beginning softly and increasing in intensity and frequency. Male, A soft, whistling, 'chiew-chiew'.
Nest
An ovate structure with an entrance at the side, composed of soft blades of fine dry grass, placed in a shallow depression in the ground.
Eggs (Guide)
3 - 4; glossy, white, finely speckled and blotched all over with light brown, grey-brown and black; round to pyriform; about 27 x 23 mm. Incubation: probably 15 days; by male.
Young
Precocial, nidifugous.
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus) and Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius) and sometimes considered conspecific with Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus), but differs in bill size and plainer plumage. Specific name sometimes misspelt olivei, but original spelling is olivii.
Proposed subspecies coenensis (from north of range) no longer recognized, because based on individual variation.
No subspecies.
Similar Species
Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varius) which is very heavily marked above.
References
See References.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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