Buttonquails (Turnicidae)
Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster) - HBW 3, p. 57
French: Turnix à poitrine noire
German: Schwarzbrust-Laufhühnchen
Spanish: Torillo Pechinegro
Taxonomy: Hemipodius melanogaster Gould, 1837, Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
Variously considered to be similar to, and possibly related to, either T. nigricollis and T. ocellata, or T. suscitator; but affinities more likely to be with T. varia group, and males of melanogaster and varia resemble each other. Proposed race goweri (Queensland) no longer recognized because based on individual variation. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal E Australia, in SE Queensland and extreme NE New South Wales; recently found to occur on offshore Fraser I.
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Male making Platelet Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia
birdinggreynomads 19 August 2009 2 years ago 22 sec 4 -
A female foraging on the forest ground and a view of the platelet left. Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2010 50 weeks ago 28 sec 3.5 -
A female walking fastly on the forest ground. Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2010 50 weeks ago 19 sec 3 -
Female walking, then making platelet Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia (ssp Black-breasted Button-Quail)
birdinggreynomads 19 August 2009 2 years ago 12 sec 3 -
A poor view of two males foraging on the ground, then a view of the typical platelets that they make on the floor. Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2010 50 weeks ago 33 sec 2.8
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Male 'spinning' amongst leaf-litter in search of food.
Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 30 October 2005 3 years ago 3.5
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