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Black-breasted Button-quail inhabit fragments of microphyll and notophyll vine forest, thickets and coastal scrub. Protection and management of the Black-breasted Button-quail will contribute to the conservation of regional ecosystems and communities listed as 'Of concern' or 'Endangered' under the Queensland Vegetation Management Act 1999 (e.g. semi-evergreen vine thicket, some rainforest communities and some littoral vegetation types such as Regional Ecosystems 12.2.2, 12.2.3, 12.8.13, 12.8.21, 12.8.22, 12.8.23, 12.9-10.6, 12.9-10.15, 12.11.13, 12.12.18, 12.12.26 in Qld and equivalent vegetation communities in NSW) and EPBC Act listed threatened species and ecological communities.

The presence of viable populations of Black-breasted Button-quail may indicate the conservation value of forest remnants as refugia for the survival of other ground-dwelling fauna. The implementation of the plan will contribute to the conservation of other significant fauna and flora using similar habitats, e.g. invertebrates such as Regent Skipper (Euschemon rafflesia, Nurus brevis); reptiles such as Elf Skink (Eroticoscincus graciloides), Nangur Skink (Nangura spinosa) (CE), Banded Leaf-tail Gecko (Phyllurus caudiannulatus); mammals such as Spotted-tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus maculatus) (E), Golden-tipped Bat (Phoniscus papuensis), Black-striped Wallaby (Notamacropus dorsalis); and plants including Alectryon ramiflorus (E), Cossinia australiana (E), Planchonella eerwah (E), Native Jute (Corchorus cunninghamii) (E), Plectranthus omissus (E), Syncarpia hillii, Stigmatodactylus amplexicaulis, Liparis simmondsii, Argophyllum nullumense, Cyperus semifertilis, veiny fontainea Fontainea venosa (V), Callitris baileyi, Cryptocarya floydii, Sarcochilus weinthalii (E), Sarcochilus dilatatus and Bulbophyllum globuliforme (V). (Bracketed ratings are EPBC listed species).

Threatened Ecological Communities listed under the EPBC Act that are of importance to the Black-breasted Button-quail include: Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia (CE), Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) (E), and Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia (CE). Relevant management and conservation documents include:

   * Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (2011). Approved Conservation Advice for the Lowland Rainforest of Subtropical Australia. Canberra, ACT: Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.
   * Department of the Environment (2015). Approved Conservation Advice for the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia ecological community. Canberra: Department of the Environment.
   * Department of the Environment and Energy (2019). National Recovery Plan for the Littoral Rainforest and Coastal Vine Thickets of Eastern Australia Ecological Community. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia.
   * McDonald, W.J.F (2010). National recovery plan for the "Semi-evergreen vine thickets of the Brigalow Belt (North and South) and Nandewar Bioregions" ecological community. Report to Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Canberra. Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management, Brisbane.

These ecological communities will also benefit from increased efforts to protect and enhance Black-breasted Button-quail habitat.

9.  Social and economic considerations

The major social and economic impacts of this recovery plan will be on those who require approval to remove