Thursday, April 18, 2013

>>Genus Ortyxelos >Quail-plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii)

Quail-plover



Quail-plover
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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