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Little Buttonquail
Turnix velox (Gould, 1841)
Turnicidae — Buttonquail
Little Buttonquail, Turnix velox, is a resident bird of Australia, breeding across most of the mainland apart from the north and Tasmania. It lives in grassland and also uses woodland in tropical and temperate parts of the country. The female is more brightly marked than the male, with a pale underside and straw-brown upperparts with white streaking, while the male is less neatly patterned. It has a large pale bill and pale eyes. The species is also known for its reddish-brown upperparts with thin white striping.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Turnicidae — Buttonquail
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Australia (except n, Tasmania)
