Hi Brian,
I encountered a Painted Button-Quail nest a couple of years ago and the
female flushed off the nest at about 10m distance but didn't make a broken
wing display. That isn't to say they never do (after all, they are
shorebirds!) but my only experience so far is that they haven't. The nest
had eggs (3 from memory, but it was a while ago).
Regards,
Chris
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Brian Hawkins <> wrote:
> G'day all,
>
> has anyone ever seen or heard of a Painted Button-quail pretending it has a
> broken wing to distract an observer from nearby eggs or chicks? I saw one
> acting this way today (could not see any nest or chicks nearby though) and
> was wondering whether the bird might actually have had a broken wing - it
> seemed to.
>
> Brian
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