Buttonquails (Turnicidae)
Australian Little Buttonquail (Turnix velox) - HBW 3, p. 59
French: Petit Turnix
German: Zwerglaufhühnchen
Spanish: Torillo Veloz
Taxonomy: Hemipodius velox Gould, 1841, Yarrundi, New South Wales.
Proposed races picturata and vinotincta (NW Australia) and leucogaster (C Australia) no longer recognized, because based on individual variation. Monotypic.
Distribution: Continental Australia, mainly inland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male alert and walking, at night. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 4.8 -
A male flying and walking, at night. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 3 years ago 33 sec 4.5
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female on ground
Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Michael Retter 30 October 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
On the road. ID unsure.
Locality Mount Lewis Forest Reserve, Queensland, Australia
Guy Poisson 9 November 2005 2 years ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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