Is the buff-breasted button-quail still alive? After years of searching, this century-old bird mystery has yet to be solved
- Written by: Patrick Webster, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland
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, Author providedIn humid savanna on Cape York Peninsula, February 5, 1922, a man was on the hunt with a local Indigenous guide....