Quail-plover
| Quail-plover | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Turnicidae |
| Genus: | Ortyxelos Vieillot, 1825 |
| Species: | O. meiffrenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ortyxelos meiffrenii (Vieillot, 1819) | |
The Lark Buttonquail or Quail-plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii) is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Ortyxelos. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger,Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.
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