Pedionomidae
bird family
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The Pedionomidae family, also known as plains wanderers, consists of a single species of Australian bird, Pedionomus torquatus. This bird resembles a tiny quail with a mottled reddish-brown body and a distinctive black-spotted white throat collar. It inhabits dry grasslands. While classified as its own family, Pedionomidae, some authorities place it within the button quail family, Turnicidae. Unlike other hemipodes, the plains wanderer does not have a crouching posture. The genus Pedionomus is closely related to button quails.12
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