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Black-breasted Button-quail (10/13)
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae
Turnix melanogaster
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Inskip Point, QLD (Jul, 2012)
- Total Photos13
- Larry3 [3]
- Vik4 [4]
- Geoff3 [3]
- Kay3 [3]
Button-quails are not one of the easiest birds to find.
You can walk by and not notice them "frozen" just a few metres away, blending in with the leaf litter, like the male and female in this photograph.
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