Turnix olivii (Robinson, 1900)
Buff-breasted buttonquail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 5 February 1922 (Webster, 2022)
Distribution
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Chaplin, D. (2011). BANQ Buff-breasted Button-quail search: 3-4 December 2011. BirdLife Northern Queensland.
Forshaw, Joseph M. (2023). Quail, Buttonquail and Plains-wanderer in Australia and New Zealand. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 200 pp.
Garnett, S. T. and Baker, G. B. (2021). The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria.
Garnett, Stephen T., Hayward-Brown, Brittany K. et al. (2022). Australia's most imperilled vertebrates. Biological Conservation 270: 109561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109561
Marchant, S. and Higgins, P. J. E. (1993). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds. Raptors to Lapwings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
Mathieson, M. T. and Smith, G. C. (2009). National recovery plan for the buff-breasted button-quail Turnix olivii. Department of Environment and Resource Mangement, Brisbane.
Mathieson, M. T. and Smith, G. C. (2017). Indicators for buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii? The Sunbird 47 (1): 1-9.
McLennan, W. (1922). Diary of a collecting trip to Coen district Cape York Peninsula on behalf of H. L. White. Held in Museum of Victoria.
Nielsen, L. (2000). Lack of ‘platelets’ in painted button-quail ‘Turnix varia’ in North- Eastern Queensland. The Sunbird 30 (1): 25-26.
Nielsen, L. (2015). Birds of the Wet Tropics of Queensland and Great Barrier Reef and where to find them. Lloyd Nielsen, Mount Molloy, Queensland.
Rogers, D. I. (1995). A mystery with history the Buff-breasted Buttonquail. Wingspan: 26-31.
Smith, G. C. and Mathieson, M. T. (2019). Unravelling the mysteries of the Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii: a possible booming call revealed. Corella 43: 26-30.
Squire, J. E. (1990). Some southern records and other observations of the Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii. Australian Bird Watcher 13: 149-152.
Webster, P. (2022). Missing in action: the mystery of the Buff-breasted Button-quail. Australian Birdlife March 2022: 18-21.
Webster, Patrick T. D. (4 February, 2022b). Is the buff-breasted button-quail still alive? After years of searching, this century-old bird mystery has yet to be solved. The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/is-the-buff-breasted-button-quail-still-alive-after-years-of-searching-this-century-old-bird-mystery-has-yet-to-be-solved-175647 [Accessed 21 August 2022]
Webster, Patrick T. D. et al. (2022). A review of specimens of Buff-breasted Button-quail Turnix olivii suggests serious concern for its conservation outlook. Emu 122(2): 121-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2022.2090962
Webster, Patrick T. D. et al. (2023). Unravelling the mystery of the Mt Mulligan ‘mystery call’: analysis of a reported record of a Buff-breasted Button-quail vocalisation suggests misidentification with Painted Button-quail. Corella 47: 36-44.
Woinarski, John C. Z., Legge, Sarah M. and Garnett, Stephen T. (2024). Extinct Australian birds: numbers, characteristics, lessons and prospects. Emu 124(1): 8-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2023.2240345