QUAIL THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
| Posted: |
27/07/2021 |
| Author(s): |
K. W. Crouther, M. M. Crouther |
Annual irruptions of quail and button-quail, mostly Red-backed Button-quail, have been observed at Eungella
township, elevation 725 metres in the Clarke Range near Mackay, Queensland. The birds appear at night, usually
after about 2200 hours, but they seem to move only on certain nights in thick fog with a little light rain. Over an
eight year period, 200 individual birds of six species have been hand captured when attracted to lights. They
were measured and banded, and released alive. Summarized morphometric data are presented. The paper covers
observations of this phenomenon and discusses the possibility of a migration pattern. Some comparisons are
made with reported similar occurences overseas.
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