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Turnix melanogaster
Female:- Crown, face, throat and whole breast black, with faint white flecking on eyebrows and lower cheeks. Coarse white spotting across breast to sides of neck and nape. Belly darker fawn-grey.
Sighted in Scrubby habitat with grassland surrounds. Exact location not given due to its status - Near Threatened. IUCN Red List
Thank you to the Broome Bird Observatory for ID'ing my sighting. I found this bird very entertaining as I observed it for the few minutes of sighting. According to The Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds the B-b B-q, while it seeks food scratches with one foot while pivoting on the other and then changes feet and direction, leaving a saucer-shaped depression. This is what I watched my sighting do. Very pretty bird and I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this bird was the female, as I know many male birds are often the pretty ones. The deep booming/low drumming of the female B-b B-q, I had heard but until sighting of this bird I hadn't known what was making this sound. These pictures have been edited. Sighting was reported to Australian Birdlife. Reference: Michael Morcombe Field Guide to Australian Birds
Spotted on Jan 21, 2019
Submitted on May 13, 2019
9 Comments
Thank you all for your appreciation of my spotting.
Thanks to you AshleyT for nominating and appreciating my spotting.
Very nice spotting! This may be the first posting of this species on Noah. Interesting information in your notes.
Awesome spotting! A first for PN :) Great notes and congratulations on your nomination. Thank you for sharing :)
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Hello Single D and Welcome to the Project Noah community!
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Great spotting!
What an amazing bird! I love the photos, and your notes are exceptional. This is a wonderful "first spotting". Welcome to Project Noah, Single D. I hope you enjoy the site :)
Well done. A nice shot of an uncommon bird.