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| Photographed at Chiltern State Forrest, August 2016 |
799 PAINTED BUTTON-QUAIL Turnix varia
Australia 643
Found in scrublands, open woodlands with branch, leaf debris; tussocks, stones; heathlands, farm regrowth, mallee. 17-19 cm, female larger. Range e. and se. Aust., Tas. and s WA: from Atherton Tablelands (ne Q) to Tas., w to Eyre Pen. and Kangaroo Is., n to s Flinders Ras. (SA) In sw WA n to Shark Bay, including coastal islands. Sedentary, nomadic.
Note: Not a very good photograph but the only ones I have been able to manage of this elusive bird so far.
