Buff-breasted Button-quail

Turnix olivii is found across 2 electorates.

The Buff-breasted Button-quail is a large, plump and pale-eyed button-quail. Fully-grown males measure about 18 cm in length, and are slightly smaller than fully-grown females, which measure 19 to 22 cm in length. The adults have rufous-brown upperparts; a white chin and throat; a pale olive-buff breast; an off-white belly; off-white tail coverts and flanks; a brown bill, with bluish-white cutting edge and lower mandible; yellow irides; and yellow legs and feet. They have white streaks and black bars on the back and shoulders, and white spots on the wings. The wings, when extended in flight, are grey-black above, and light grey below. The sexes differ in the plumage of the head. The heads of males are off-white with black freckling, a grey crown and hind-neck, and a prominent black stripe on either side. The heads of females are grey with a dark grey forehead, a grey crown and hind-neck, and a prominent chestnut stripe on either side. The plumages of juvenile and immature birds have not been described. The Buff-breasted Button-quail occurs singly, and more often in pairs. It has occasionally been recorded in small groups, and it is claimed that such groups may consist of up to 20 birds.¹

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