G’day Harvey et al,
The beastie in the photograph is almost
certainly a Painted Button-quail chick. While the ANWC does not have any
specimens of Painted Button-quail chicks we do have one 6 day old and one 3 day
old specimens of aviary bred Black-breasted Button-quail and the skins are
extremely similar to that in the photo, especially our 6 day old specimen. The
painting in HANZAB of the B-b B-q chick is very poor and that of the Painted
B-q is not much better, however it should be enough to satisfy most people that
the photo is of a Painted Button-quail.
Hope this help solve the problem,
Cheers,
Mark
