Most plovers and lapwings have a vestigial back toe high up on the foot.
Bustards and korhaans lack the back toe and are proper ground birds.
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My bustards and korhaans have their feet in the grass. At least the ones that I have found up to now
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At least it shows that the Kori bustard does not have a toe behind
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