Photographed on The Postman's Track, Daybook, Queensland, November 2017 |
1225 RED-CHESTED BUTTONQUAIL Turnix pyrrhothorax
AUSTRALIA 718
Endemic to Australia; widespread though uncommon in NSW, Queensland, northern WA, and NT; classified as vulnerable in Victoria. Habitat is dense grasslands, and open, grassy woodlands of acacia, Red River Gums and Black Box; also in crops and weedy fields with dense cover.
Photographed near Willow Tree, NSW December 2020 |
looks like it was a difficult shot to get the red-chested buttonquail - fine twitching
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