Distribution of Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster in the Great Sandy Region, Queensland and associations with vegetation communities
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Article Title | Distribution of Black-breasted Button-quail Turnix melanogaster in the Great Sandy Region, Queensland and associations with vegetation communities |
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ERA Journal ID | 2867 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Webster, Patrick T. D. (Author), Shimomura, Reisuke (Author), Rush, Emily R. (Author), Leung, Luke K.-P. (Author) and Murray, Peter J. (Author) |
Journal Title | Emu: austral ornithology |
Journal Citation | 122 (1), pp. 71-76 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2022 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 0158-4197 |
1448-5540 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2022.2047733 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01584197.2022.2047733 |
Abstract | The Black-breasted Button-quail is a threatened forest inhabiting button-quail endemic to the east coast of Australia. Their distribution in the largest undeveloped portion of littoral forest within their range has, until this study, remained unsurveyed. In addition, their use of littoral vegetation is poorly described. Here we present findings from targeted camera trapping surveys in the Great Sandy Region collectively; K’gari (Fraser Island), Cooloola and Inskip Peninsula, Queensland. We also review all published and unpublished reports of this species in this region, and assess their veracity. The associations of high veracity records with vegetation communities are presented. The species was most readily associated with littoral forest along the eastern coast of K’gari and Cooloola. Our findings reaffirm the distribution of Black-breasted Button-quail along the coast of K’gari, further they are distributed along the Cooloola coast and in a few isolated inland sites. This study addresses one of the persistent knowledge gaps documented in the 2010 and 2020 Action Plan for Australian Birds, pertaining to the species use and distribution in littoral vegetation of the Great Sandy Region. We anticipate the proposed distribution presented here will prove valuable in future surveys and research on this species in the Great Sandy region. |
Keywords | Black-breasted Button-quail; Australian birds; threatened species; k’gari; Great Sandy National Park; turnix |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 310307. Population ecology |
310914. Vertebrate biology | |
410407. Wildlife and habitat management | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
School of Sciences | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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