CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Turnix melanogaster  

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)
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© Kay Parkin 2013
Inskip Point, QLD (Nov, 2013)

After a few brief glimpses this little beauty finally decided to come out into the open to cross a small clearing. I had just enough time to take a few photos before it disappeared back into the vegetation and was gone!

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Black-breasted Button-quail (male)

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Saucerer

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Camouflage expert

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Female Black-breasted Button-Quail

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Working the hole

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Male Black-breasted Button-Quail

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Female Black-breasted Button-Quail

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Female Black-breasted Button-Quail

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Female Black-breasted Button-Quail

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Finding Black-breasted Button-Quail

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Black-breasted Button-quail

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Black-breasted Button-quail

Black-breasted Button-quail (Turnix melanogaster)

Black-breasted Button-quail