Hemipode
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(hm´pd): see bustard quail.
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Bustard Quail - or button quail, any of the small ground-running Old World birds of the family Turnicidae.
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.
Andalusian Hemipode, Turnix sylvatica sylvatica (Mediterranean region, late 20th century?)
The nominate subspecies of the Small Buttonquail, last recorded in Spain in 1981. A few birds might persist in Morocco.
Gruiformes (Ralliformes) (cranes, hemipodes, gallinules)
Rallidae
Rallus philippensis. Banded rail
Rallus pectoralis. Auckland Island rail
Gallirallus australis. Weka (endemic)
Porzana tabuensis. Spotless crake
Porzana pusilla.
Johnsgard, Paul A.. Bustards, Hemipodes, and Sandgrouse, Birds of Dry Places. Oxford University Press. 1991.
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-Hemipodes or button-quails. Nidifugous; vomer large; sternum without processus obliqui. Hallux absent or vestigial. Old World. Turnix, Pedionomus. Sub-order 3. Galli.-With large spina communis, and with large processus obliqui. Hallux functional.
Alternate common name(s): Kurrichane Buttonquail, Common Buttonquail, Little Buttonquail, Striped Buttonquail, Andalusian Hemipode, Little Button-quail, Bustard Quail
Old scientific name(s): Tunnix sylvaticus, Tunnix sylvatica ...
 See also: Quail, Bustard, Button Quail, Buttonquail, Oyster
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