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 5 species which occur in the Philippines.
- Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosa
- Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellata (E)
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Luzon Buttonquail Turnix worcesteri (E)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Philippines