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CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae
Turnix melanogaster
These birds dig a saucer-shaped depression by rotating on one foot and scraping outward with the other. They then look for food that they have disturbed.
Black-breasted Button-quail (male)
Saucerer
Camouflage expert
Female Black-breasted Button-Quail
Working the hole
Male Black-breasted Button-Quail
Finding Black-breasted Button-Quail
Black-breasted Button-quail