Hi Nick and Tom,
>From ALA database and our own internal CSIRO database there are only records
>of Painted BQ from Stradbroke Is. This fits my experience too, not from
>Straddie, but from nearby Manly West to Redlands to Logan and Coomera Rivers,
>where I've only seen and heard Painted BQs. In any case calls should readily
>distinguish Painted from Little BQ (one low-accuracy record from the ocean off
>Point Lookout) and BBBQ. From the Bayside (roughly speaking) of Brisbane there
>are ~200 BQ records of which ~140 are Painted BQ. Within this 200 there are
>also Red-backed and Red-chested BQs. There's certainly lots of good country on
>Straddie for Red-backs BQs and I reckon their calls can be hard to pick from
>Painted BQ.
For Ground parrots, there are no records between Caloundra (1973, I suspect of
low spatial accuracy) and a couple of records near Lennox Heads.
Hooroo,
Eric Vanderduys
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-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Nick Leseberg
Sent: Monday, 3 February 2014 9:19 PM
To: ; Tom Tarrant
Subject: Stradbroke buttonquail
Hi Tom,
Where were your listening posts set up? Depending on habitat, my guess is that
Painted Buttonquail would be your most likely candidate.
During a couple of weeks surveying the southern part of North Stradbroke a
couple of years ago, I regularly came across Painted Buttonquail, particularly
in the more mature areas of eucalypt woodland (mostly E. racemosa, with a
sparse shrubby understorey, and plenty of leaf litter). I also came across them
once in an area being revegetated, although it was an area that had been
revegetated relatively recently (i.e with a mix of species rather than some of
the older reveg areas which are some sort of acacia monoculture I think). I've
been back over there a couple of times this year, and it looks like large areas
of suitable habitat would have copped it in the fires around New Year.
Like Martin, I have also wondered if there are Black-breasted Buttonquail on
Straddie. There are a few pockets of what look to be suitable habitat - coastal
thicket - on the western side of the island. You drive past some of it near
Myora on the way from Dunwich to Amity/Point Lookout, but I've never been in
there to have a look for them. I don't know if there are any other suitable
areas on the island, but there could be. Incidentally, I've also wondered if
there are Ground Parrots out there anywhere - there looks to a few areas of
suitable habitat. Does anyone else know?
Hope this helps!
Good birding
Nick
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