Coturnix coturnix

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Galliformes • Familia: Phasianidae • Genus: Coturnix • Species: Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Coturnix coturnix

Vernacular names

• English: Common quail
• беларуская: Перапёлка
• Deutsch: Wachtel
• Esperanto: Koturno
• español: Codornices
• français: Caille
• magyar: Fürj
• 日本語: ヨーロッパウズラ
• 한국어: 메추라기
• lietuvių: Putpelė
• македонски: Потполошка
• Nederlands: Kwartel
• polski: Przepiórka
• português: Codornizes
• română: Pitpalac, Prepeliță
• русский: Перепел
• svenska: Vaktel
• Türkçe: Bıldırcın
• 中文: 鹌鹑
• 文言: 鵪鶉

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IUCN: Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758) (old web site) (Least Concern)

Photos

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  Pair of C. c. africana in South Africa
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  Male of C. c. coturnix in Bavaria, Germany
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  Male C. c. coturnix calling in southern Portugal
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  Female C. c. coturnix in Russia
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  Female; unknown location
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  C. c. coturnix in flight over a meadow, Russia
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  ID composite

Captive specimens

• Note: Coturnix japonica is also widely kept in poultry farms; some of the images below of captive birds may be this, not Coturnix coturnix.

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  In captivity
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  In captivity
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  Captive at Warsaw Zoo
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  Chick in captivity

Museum specimens

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    Egg

Illustrations

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  Male (cropped image)
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  Coturnix coturnix from NAUMANN. Male and female with young.
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  From a 1914 reference work
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  Common Quail, reference work entry
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  Common Quail egg