Faculty of Science

Is the buff-breasted button-quail still alive?

4 Feb 2022
Buff-breasted button-quail
The only species of Australian bird which remains unphotographed. This is one of the most accurate illustrations of the species.  John Keulemans published in Gregory Mathews ‘The Birds of Australia’ 1911.

UQ School of Earth and Environmental Science's Patrick Webster is on the case to solve a century-old bird mystery.

Read the full story via The Conversation

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