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
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.^{[citation needed]} It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Ortyxelos meiffrenii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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