Painted Button-quail

Turnix is Latin for quail. Varius is Latin for different.

Boorolom (bore’awe’lawm).

Found in the southwest, east and southeast of Australia.

Up to 23 centimetres long with a 38 centimetre wingspan.

The furthest distance recorded by the Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme for this species of bird to travel is 2 km. The oldest bird recorded was recovered 7.9 months after being banded (information as at 30 November 2013). These figures are probably an underestimate as there have only been 7 records made.

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.

What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978

Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/science/abbbs/abbbs-search.html

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/67c256a8-6a31-46de-9dde-d75d5578496c#overview