LITTLE BUTTON-QUAIL

Photographed near The Three Ways, Northern Territory, April 2018

1251                  LITTLE BUTTON-QUAIL                   Turnix velox

AUSTRALIA                746

Widely distributed over most of mainland except extreme north, sw and se. Found in dryish grasslands and grassy woodlands; can be common in crops, pasture and stubble. Partly migratory, tending to be more common in inland in winter.

Chick, photographed near Bedourie, Queensland, April 2018

PAINTED BUTTON-QUAIL

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.