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Black-breasted Button-quail (2/13)
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae
Turnix melanogaster
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© Larry Dunis 2010
Inskip Point, QLD (Mar, 2010)
- Total Photos13
- Larry3 [3]
- Vik4 [4]
- Geoff3 [3]
- Kay3 [3]
A tell for these birds being present in the area are multiple saucer-like scrapes in the leaf litter. I had the privilege of watching this particular bird form one of these scrapes by turning around and around on one foot, throwing leaf litter and dirt outwards with the other.
Black-breasted Button-quail (male)
Saucerer
Camouflage expert
Female Black-breasted Button-Quail
Working the hole
Male Black-breasted Button-Quail
Female Black-breasted Button-Quail
Female Black-breasted Button-Quail
Female Black-breasted Button-Quail
Finding Black-breasted Button-Quail
Black-breasted Button-quail
Black-breasted Button-quail
Black-breasted Button-quail