[UNCLASSIFIED]RE: [canberrabirds] Aranda PB Quail

I would say the bird is a male not a female

unless it is a young female. 2 year old females have much more rufous and black on them, it could be a first year female but the most likely explanation is a male

 

Benj Whitworth

 

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From: Rick Kuhn [
Sent: Sunday, 16 October 2005 5:42 PM
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Aranda PB Quail

This afternoon, while gardening, Mary Gorman flushed what I think is a Painted Button Quail in our Aranda backyard. I managed to snap this less than perfect shot of it when it fled to the compost heap and took an interest in a pasta box. It seems to want to hang about the garden, even though the Blackbirds harrassed it.

Rick Kuhn

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