Quail-plover

Ortyxelos meiffrenii

The quail-plover, lark buttonquail or lark-plover is a small ground-living bird in the buttonquail family Turnicidae that is found in the Sahel region of Africa and in a disjunct region of East Africa. It is the only species placed in the genus Ortyxelos.

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