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==Description== The buttonquails are a group of small terrestrial birds. The smallest species is the [[quail-plover]], the only species in the genus ''Ortyxelos'', which is {{cvt|10|cm}} in length and weighs only {{convert|20|g|oz|abbr=on}}. The buttonquails in the genus ''Turnix'' range from {{cvt|12|to(-)|23|cm}} in length and weigh between {{cvt|30|and(-)|130|g}}. They superficially resemble the true quails of the genus ''[[Coturnix]]'', but differ from them in lacking a hind toe and a [[Crop (anatomy)|crop]]. The females of this family also possess a unique vocal organ created by an enlarged trachea and inflatable bulb in the esophagus, which they use to produce a booming call.<ref name=hbw>{{ cite book | last=Debus | first=S.J.S. | year=1996 | chapter=Family Turnicidae (Buttonquails) | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J. | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | title=Handbook of the Birds of the World | volume=3: Hoatzin to Auks | location=Barcelona, Spain | publisher=Lynx Edicions | isbn=978-84-87334-20-7 | pages=44β59 | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofbirdso0003unse/page/44/mode/1up | chapter-url-access=registration }}</ref>
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