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Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.
Bravery, J. A. 1970. The birds of Atherton Shire, Queensland. Emu 70: 49-63.
Commonwealth of Australia. 2021. Draft National Recovery Plan for Turnix melanogaster (Blackbreasted Button-quail).
Evans, J.P., Argueso, D., Olson, R., Di Luca, A. 2017. Bias-corrected regional climate projections of extreme rainfall in south-east Australia. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 130: 1085-1098.
Garnett, S.T., Szabo, J.K. and Dutson, G. 2011. The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2010. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood.
Hamley, T.; Flower, P.; Smith, G. C. 1997. Present and past distribution of the Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster (Gould) in Queensland. Sunbird 27: 1-21.
IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).
Le Souef, D. 1897. Ascent of Mount Peter Botte, North Queensland. Victorian Naturalist 13: 151-153.
Mathieson, M.T., Smith, G.C. 2009. National recovery plan for the black-breasted button-quail Turnix melanogaster. Report to Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra.
Smyth, A.K., Noble, D., Wiley, C. 2001. Black-breasted Button-quail in open eucalypt forest in south-eastern Queensland. Australian Birdwatcher 19: 45-47.
Webster, P., Lisle, A., Murray, P. 2019. Faecal analysis reveals the insectivorous diet of the Black-breasted Buttonquail Turnix melanogaster. Corella 43: 19-25.
Webster, P., Mathieson, M.T., Smith, G.C., Jaensch, R.P., Garnett, S.T. 2021. Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster. In: Garnett, S.T., Baker, G.B. (ed.), The Action Plan for Australian Birds 2020, pp. 308-310. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.
Australian Govt - Action Plan for Australian Birds 2000 - Recovery Outline
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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-breasted Buttonquail Turnix melanogaster. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-breasted-buttonquail-turnix-melanogaster on 18/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 18/12/2024.