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 1 species which occurs in the Solomon Islands.
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosa
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of The Solomon Islands