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Typically inhabits dense wet-grassland habitats.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Tiny secretive button-quail. This species is very secretive, and most commonly observed exploding from cover and flying rapidly away - look for pale patches on the wings contrasting with a darker back and wing tips. Has a reddish-brown collar, yellow bill and clear black spots extending down from below the eye to the wing.
Typically inhabits dense wet-grassland habitats. Call is a soft repeated ‘oom-oom-oom-oom’ with the end of each note ascending in pitch.
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