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Painted Buttonquail (Turnix varia) video
wild female foraging through leaf litter
- Recorded 6 August 2011
- Added to IBC 1 year 41 weeks ago
- Janine Duffy
- Location Lagoon Reserve, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Duration 19 sec
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It is known that Painted Button-quail create round bare patches in leaf litter as a part of their foraging behaviour. This is how they do it. She seemed to be quite successful - grabbing a food item every minute or so.