Species profile
Quail-plover
Ortyxelos meiffrenii
Quick answer
LITERATURE. — Green & Sayer (1979); Dowsett (1993); Balanca & de Visscher (1997); Borrow & Demey (2001, 2014); Balanca et al. (2007); Dowsett et al. (2013); van den Bergh (2013); Dowsett (2015).
- Scientific name
- Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Family
- Turnicidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Ortyxelos
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Quail-plover in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Turnicidae
- Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
- Black-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix melanogaster)
- Black-rumped Buttonquail (Turnix nanus)
- Buff-breasted Buttonquail (Turnix olivii)
- Cerestenia pulchrapenna (Cerestenia pulchrapenna)
- Chestnut-backed Buttonquail (Turnix castanotus)
- Common Buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus)
- Fynbos Buttonquail (Turnix hottentottus)