Quail-plover
Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
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.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Genus
- Ortyxelos