Red-chested and Little Button-quail in the Mudgee District of New South Wales
| Posted: |
02/11/2021 |
| Author(s): |
A. K. Morris, N. Kurtz |
The status or the Red-chested Button-quail
Turnix pyrrhothorax and Little
Button-quail
T. velox at Cooyal in the Mudgee District of New South Wales is given.
The Red-chested Button-quail is an uncommon breeding resident of pasture land and
crops whose numbers increase dramatically in years of favourable conditions. The
Little Button-quail is an uncommon but regular summer breeding visitor whose population
becomes resident when conditions are favourable. This is in contrast to previous
published material relating to their status. Seventy-two Red-chested Button-quail and 52
Little Button-quail were banded between 1969 and 1974 with no recoveries beyond 75
days, most much less, and no recoveries away from the banding site. Measurements and
mass of adult birds are provided. Minor plumage differences exist between immature
and adult Red-chested Button-quail. An apparent sex bias towards adult males in banded
populations is explained.
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