Hello Laurie,
On the basis of habitat and size I would put my money on Painted
Buttonquail. As for the rufous chest... well that would require a bit
of dodgy explanation. Female PBQ have quite bit of rufous on their
mantle and neck.... maybe the colour wasn't where you recollected it?
This is easy to do when you only see quail for brief flashes.
Cheers
Mick
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knightl wrote:
I managed to to a bit of casual bird observing while on a bushwalk
with some friends up Logan's Ridge on Mt Barney on the Qld side of the
NSW border. As I was driving in, I saw a spotted harrier on the
western side of Beaudesert and a large quail dropping into the side of
the grass on the way into Barney View. We also came across a
peregrine at the 1000m mark [not far from the base of the east face).
The quail/button quail I saw that had me wondering were around the 400
metre level on the lower slopes of Mt Barney - you would describe it
as a eucalypt woodland / dry schlerophyll forest with a moderate
scattering of shrubs. We flushed two quail as we were passing along
the crest of a ridge - one flushed a few seconds before the other.
They didn't look particularly small, they didn't have a noisy flight,
they flew fairly direct and low, and I had the impression that one had
a rufous chest.
Does that ring any bells for the quail gurus?
Regards, Laurie.
PS, for those of you who are wondering, Logan's ridge entails a fair
bit of rock scrambling on a 1000 metre climb. It was the route of the
first whitefella ascent of Mt Barney in the 19th century and scared
the excrement out of Captain Logan's companions.
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