Some Southern Records and Other Observations of the Buff-breasted Button-quail Tumix olivei

Abstract

Sightings of the Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivei were made in the Kuranda-Mareeba area of north Queensland in 1985-1989, somewhat to the south of its accepted range. Some habitat segregation was evident between this species and the Painted Button-quail T. varia, the former preferring more open, stony areas. Southerly records of the Buff-breasted Button-quail in the 1970s included nests and eggs; these are described.