Stubble Quail

[Philip Veerman <>]

I learned the Stubble Quail’s call at Lake Tutchewop (long ago) and so I always think they say “Tutchewop”. Pizzey’s book calls it “”pippy-wheat”. They mostly like dry grassy areas. The Brown Quail’s call is a rising 1 or 2 note whistle. The second part sounds a lot like a Diamond Firetail’s call. They mostly like wet grassy areas and edges of swamps. For both of them if you hear a call it can be hard to pick where they are, usually hidden in the grass. Approaching may flush them or not, or the bird that flies is not necessarily the one that was heard.

 

Philip

 

From: Rhiannon Kiggins [
Sent: Tuesday, 10 January, 2017 1:31 PM
To: Martin Butterfield
Cc: David McDonald (personal); COG List
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] Stubble Quail

 

Great, thanks Martin! 

 

Rhiannon

 

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 at 13:22 Martin Butterfield <> wrote:

Rhiannon

 

At present Stubble Quail are calling all the time so get to some long grass at one of the sites shown with an orange marker in eBird and keep your ears alert for the  distinctive call.  

 

Getting a good look at them is difficult: my usual sighting is a small body, or several thereof, erupting from long grass, hurtling through the air and landing bum first.  

 

Martin

Martin Butterfield

http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/

 

On 10 January 2017 at 12:52, Rhiannon Kiggins <> wrote:

Thanks David - I had a quick look at eBird which was very useful however I was also wanting to know what time of the day/night and in which vegetation type these birds are most commonly seen. I'm not sure if eBird provides this information or not.

 

Rhiannon

 

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 at 12:46 David McDonald (personal) <> wrote:

Hi Rhiannon, eBird Australia is good for this: enter the species name and the location (e.g. Canberra) at http://ebird.org/ebird/australia/map/
Note that the large red markers are recent reports from publicly-accessible places.
It is best if you learn the calls of the two quail species (Stubble Quail & Brown Quail) found locally.
Regards - David

 

On 10/01/2017 12:32 PM, Rhiannon Kiggins wrote:

Hello, 

 

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how I might see Stubble Quail (or any other quail species) within the Canberra area? Quails are a particular group of birds that have eluded me for much of my birding adventures. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

Kind regards, 

 

Rhiannon 

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