3 Painted Buttonquail at Thurgoona, NSW
Identification history
| Turnix varius | 16 Jun 2022 | Liam.m | ||
| Coturnix pectoralis | 24 Apr 2022 | Darcy |
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User's notes
Few stubble quail in the grass. I was walking along slowly enough that they didn't get flushed and fly away, instead they just walked quickly away, and the rustling alerted me
1 comment
KylieWaldon
wrote:
24 Apr 2022
totally awesome! Same for me a few years ago. Only time I've seen a quail in the wild. But it was a painted button quail.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.983044-36.055844
- Altitude 203.7m
- Places Thurgoona, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 24 Apr 2022 11:06 AM Recorded on
- Darcy Recorded by
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Collections
Darcy Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Intermediate size Other Birds Birds Turnix varius
Species information
- Turnix varius Scientific name
- Painted Buttonquail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1037.9m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Turnix varia
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