Fig 1.
Typical methods used for recreational hunting of stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis) in south-eastern Australia: Shotgun with lead shot.
This image shows the size of the birds relative to a firearm and a typical harvest for one hunter in one day: 20 birds. Photo: Heath Dunstan (HD).
Fig 2.
Embedded lead shot (large bright white objects) and fragmentation centers (red circles) detected via radiography in a harvested stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis): Three pellets and three fragmentation centers are visible in this bird.
Table 1.
Distribution of lead fragment scores in different body sectors.
Table 2.
Lead contamination in stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis) from south-eastern Australia in comparison to published results from European game bird species.
This table is updated from a past study [31]. Mean body mass and pellet sizes were taken from standard ornithological texts and from hunting sources, respectively.