- Turnix olivii
Identification
18-23cm
- Rufous-brown upperparts
- White chin and throat
- Olive-buff breast
- Whitish belly, tail coverts and flanks
- Grey underwings
- Grey-black upperwings
- White streaks and black bars on back and shoulders
- White wing spots
- Brown bill, with bluish-white cutting edge and lower mandible
- Yellow iris, legs and feet
Male
- Whitish head with black freckling
- Grey crown and hind-neck
- Prominent black stripe (mottled chestnut-brown) on sides
Female
- Grey head (occasionally shows white speckling)
- Dark grey forehead
- Grey crown and hind-neck
- Prominent chestnut stripe on sides
Distribution
Graphic by Nrg800
North-eastern Australia: Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland
Has not been documented since 1924, might be extinct.
Taxonomy
A monotypic species.
Habitat
Woodlands, and lowland, subcoastal grasslands, rock and scrub.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes seeds and insects.
Breeding
They nest in a shallow depression lined with grass and leaves, with a dome of grasses and a side entrance, hidden in grass, low scrubs or tussocks. The clutch consists of 2-4 round, white, chestnut, blue-grey or black speckled eggs. The male incubates the eggs and cares for the young.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Australian Government
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-breasted Buttonquail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-breasted_Buttonquail
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
