OTHER NAMES: European Quail, Quail
Latin Etymology: Coturnix ("quail") coturnix ("quail")
Recording of singing adult male Species Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) at Brampton Vallet - June 2024
Featured Subspecies: Coturnix coturnix coturnix
Weight: 70-140g / Length: 18cm / Wingspan: 32-35cm
UK AMBER LIST / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
The smallest of the British Galliformes by a fair margin, the Quail is also the only migratory ones with it Wintering in the Sahel of Northern Africa, a habitat dominated by grassland and acacia trees. They are very difficult to actually see as they are prefer to dwell in longer grass where they cannot be so easily spotted by predators, aided by their cryptic plumage pattern.
Related Species:
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Coturnix
SUBSPECIES: C. c. coturnix, C. c. conturbans, C. c. inoinata, C.. c. erlangeri, C. c. africana
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED KINGDOM - A wide but sparsely and erratically distributed breeding Summer visitor
- Heard at Brampton Valley (June 2024) and Geddington.(July 2020), .
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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