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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Lark Buttonquail* |
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Ortyxelos meiffrenii |
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Description (10)
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Lark Buttonquail
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Other Names (World)
Quail-plover, Lark Buttonquail, Lark-quail
Family
Turnicidae (Buttonquails)
Size
11 - 13 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1819)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,000 m.
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda.
Vagrant to Côte dIvoire, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo.
Tropical Africa, from Senegal east to Sudan and Kenya; breeds in southern Ghana and possibly elsewhere in western Africa.
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files
Quail-plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii) [XC881227]
by id from Kael (near Tip), Mback\u00e9, R\u00e9gion de Diourbel, Senegal (uncertain)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
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