Buttonquails / Button Quails or Hemipodes
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The Chinese Painted Quails - also known as buttonquails - (Coturnix chinensis, formerly Excalfactoria chinensis) resemble, but are unrelated to the true quails.
Barred Buttonquail
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The Old World buttonquails are also in a different family Turnicidae, and are not true quails.
On the road on the way in I saw a Painted Buttonquail and Emu.
The campground was full of Crimson Corellas right out on the lawn. This certainly wasn't a new bird, but it was the best photograph I got of the bird.
Gruiformes - Cranes, Bustards, Rails, Buttonquail
Rallidae - Rails, Gallinules, Coots
Rallus
Rallus aquaticus - Water Rail (photo)
Porzana
Porzana porzana - Spotted Crake
Porzana parva - Little Crake ...
Chestnut-backed buttonquail (Turnix castanotus)
Shy albatross (Thalassarche cauta)
Cynarina (Cynarina lacrymalis)
Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous gilbertii)
Far eastern curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
Black palm (Normanbya normanbyi) ...
Madge, S., P. McGowan. 2002. Pheasants, Partridges and Grouse: A Guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Buttonquails and Sandgrouse of the World. London: Christopher Helm.
The endemics include fynbos specials such as Orange-breasted Sunbird, Cape Sugarbird, Cape Siskin, Protea Seedeater and Hottentot Buttonquail. Cape Rockjumper is found on the craggy mountainsides.
 See also: Quail, Petrel, Stork, Pheasant, Pelican
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