List of birds of Benin
Buttonquails
Buttonquails
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Order: [Charadriiformes](/wiki/Charadriiformes "Charadriiformes")Family: [Turnicidae](/wiki/Turnicidae "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.

* [Small buttonquail](/wiki/Small_buttonquail "Small buttonquail"), *Turnix sylvatica*

How do buttonquails resemble true quails?