Nicholas,
Red-chested Button-quail have been reported over the years from most Regions
of NSW but there are no recent records for the Hunter Valley, but there are
records for Sydney and the Central West around Mudgee Canberra and
Coonabarabran for example.
They are small and can be easilty confused with Little Button-quail. I am a
bit hazy on the call, but when flying away from you, the Little Button-quail
has a brownish rump with straw-coloured streaks and obvious white flanks.
The RCBQ has a similar rump, is slightly larger and has orange flanks. This
soon becomes an easy identifying feature if you seen these birds regularly.
Obviously front on they are different and easy to identify.
On the basis of the info that you have provided I doubt that you saw a
Red-chested Button-quail. the most likely contender would be the Painted
Button-quail if you were in woodland.
Alan Morris
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