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 3 years ago 22 sec 4.3 -
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 2 years ago 28 sec 3.9 -
Female walking, then making platelet Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
birdinggreynomads 19 August 2009 3 years ago 12 sec 3.8 -
A female walking fastly on the forest ground. Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 October 2010 2 years ago 19 sec 3.6 -
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 2 years ago 33 sec 2.8
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Female Black-breasted Buttonquail foraging at first light.
Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia
Chris Charles 18 January 2013 8 weeks ago 4.2 -
Male 'spinning' amongst leaf-litter in search of food. Locality Inskip Point, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 30 October 2005 4 years ago 3.8 -
A female on the ground.
Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 August 1991 20 weeks ago 3.3 -
A male on the ground.
Locality San Diego Zoo, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 August 1991 20 weeks ago 2.8
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