Red-chested Button Quail

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Details

Name:
Red-chested Button Quail

Scientific Name:
Turnix pyrrhothorax

Reference Number:
KKY-017

Description

Order Gruiformes; Family Turnicidae (Button-quails); Scientific name: Turnix pyrrhothorax; Common name: Red-chested Button Quail, Button-quail, or Buttonquail – Distribution in Australia: present in all mainland states; absent in most of Western Australia except the Kimberley Region, in southern third of the Northern Territory and in western half of South Australia.

Additional Details

Reference Number:	KKY-017
Scientific Name:	Turnix pyrrhothorax