Little Buttonquail
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Little Buttonquail

Turnix velox(Gould, 1841)

Native
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
Genus
Turnix
Commonness
Very common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The little buttonquail is a species of buttonquail, part of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident in Australia, where it is one of the more common buttonquails.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
Australia (except north, Tasmania)

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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