Charadriiformes

Plains-wanderer (Pedionomidae)

HBW 3, p. 534 Learn more about the Handbook of the Birds of the World - Volume 3 on the Lynx Edicions website.

• Small, quail-like terrestrial birds, with slim bill and very short tail; unlike Turnicidae, hind toe present.
• Australia.
• Sparse native grasslands.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.
• 1 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.