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The quail-plover is a small, short-tailed cursorial bird which slightly resembles a miniature courser when on the ground. The upperparts are a sandy-rufous colour and the underparts mainly whitish. They show a distinctive wing pattern in flight when the contrast between the white primary coverts and the black with white-tipped remiges to form a distinct diagonal band on the upperwing. Its fluttering flight style is rather lark-like. The females are slightly darker than the males while the juveniles are paler.
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When to see the Quail-plover
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Quail-plover
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Quail-plover
The quail-plover, lark buttonquail or lark-plover is a small ground-living bird in the buttonquail family Turnicidae that is found in the Sahel region of Africa and in a disjunct region of East Africa. It is the only species placed in the genus Ortyxelos.
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Easily confused with
Sumba ButtonquailTurnix everettiThe Sumba buttonquail is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae.
Fynbos ButtonquailTurnix hottentottusThe Fynbos buttonquail is a bird in the family Turnicidae formerly considered conspecific with the black-rumped buttonquail.
Luzon ButtonquailTurnix worcesteriThe Luzon buttonquail or Worcester's buttonquail, is a species of bird in the family Turnicidae.
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