Buttonquails (Turnicidae)
Lark Buttonquail (Ortyxelos meiffrenii) - HBW 3, p. 59
French: Turnix à ailes blanches
German: Lerchenlaufhühnchen
Spanish: Torillo Alaudino
Other common names: Lark-quail, Quail-plover
Taxonomy: Turnix Meiffrenii Vieillot, 1819, Senegal.
Differs from Turnix in morphology, ecology and behaviour (see page 44); shape and structure, especially of wings and tail, and colour pattern of upperwing quite different. Monotypic.
Distribution: Tropical Africa, from Senegal E to Sudan and Kenya; breeds in S Ghana and possibly elsewhere in W Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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adult walking on ground with characteristic 'chameleon-like rocking motion' - surely an attempt at moving camouflage Locality Maroua, Far North Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 9 March 2009 3 years ago 41 sec 4.7 -
adult walking on ground with characteristic 'chameleon-like rocking motion' - surely an attempt at moving camouflage - and melti Locality Maroua, Far North Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 9 March 2009 3 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
adult on ground Locality Maroua, Far North Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 9 March 2009 3 years ago 38 sec 4.4 -
close up of adult Locality Maroua, Far North Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 9 March 2009 3 years ago 4 sec 4.2
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Adult perched
Locality Far North Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 10 April 2006 1 year ago 4.5
- No sound recordings available yet
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