Buttonquails
Order: Gruiformes. Family: Turnicidae
The buttonquails are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. The female is the brighter of the sexes, and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young. There are 16 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Sierra Leone.
- Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
- Hottentot Buttonquail Turnix hottentotta
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sierra Leone