RarityFairly Common
Height20 cm
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Did You Know?
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"They create their circular feeding "platelets" by spinning on one foot while scraping with the other."
Field Guide
Painted Buttonquail
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The Painted Buttonquail *(Turnix varius)* is one of Australia's most beautifully patterned ground birds. These plump, secretive birds are widespread across inland and coastal eastern Australia, Tasmania, and parts of southwestern Western Australia.
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