Coturnix coturnix [coturnix] (Common Quail [Eurasian])

Common Quail [Eurasian]

Coturnix coturnix [coturnix] (= Coturnix coturnix coturnix) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

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Classification

Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Phasianidae
Genus:
   Coturnix
Scientific:
  Coturnix coturnix coturnix

Original description

Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.161

Protonym:
Tetrao Coturnix

Type locality:
Europe, Asia, Africa. Restricted type locality, Sweden, ex Fn. Svec.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/180/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
14A931F1DBCA97FF

Avibase ID:
avibase-14A931F1

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/14A931F1

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 677896

Geographic range:

Coturnix coturnix [coturnix or confisa]: Europe (including Madeira) eastward to Mongolia and southward to northern Africa and northern India; migrates to Sahel zone
Coturnix coturnix conturbans: Azores
Coturnix coturnix inopinata: Cape Verde Islands

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common Quail [Eurasian]
French:
Caille des blés [coturnix]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common Quail [Eurasian] ( Coturnix coturnix [coturnix])

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Coturnix coturnix

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Kwartel
Arabic: السمانى
Azerbaijani: Bildirçin
Belarusian: Перапёлка
Bulgarian: Пъдпъдък
Breton: Ar goailh-soul
Catalan: Guatlla
Catalan (Balears): Guàtlera
Czech: Krepelka polní, křepelka polní
Chuvash: Ахаль путене
Welsh: Sofliar
Danish: Vagtel
German: Wachtel
Greek: (Κοινό) Ορτύκι, Ορτύκι
English: Common Quail, Common Quail [Eurasian], Eurasian Quail, Eurasian Quail (nominate group), Quail
Esperanto: Koturno
Spanish: Codorníz, Codorniz Común
Estonian: Põldvutt
Basque: Galeperra
Finnish: viiriäinen
Faroese: Lynghani
French: Caille des blés, Caille des blés [coturnix]
Frisian: kwartel
Irish: Gearg
Gaelic: Gearradh Gort
Galician: Paspallás
Manx: Eean Feie
Hebrew: שליו
Croatian: Prepelica
Hungarian: Fürj
Armenian: Լոր
Icelandic: Kornhæna
Italian: Quaglia comune
Japanese (romaji): yoaroppauzura
Japanese: ヨアロッパウズラ
Georgian: მწყერი
Khakas: Пÿдÿрчÿн
Kazakh: Бєдене
Korean: 메추라기
Cornish: Rynk
Kwangali: Erurumbe
Scientific: Coturnix coturnix, Coturnix coturnix [coturnix], Coturnix coturnix coturnix, Tetrao Coturnix
Lithuanian: Putpele, putpelė
Latvian: paipala
Malagasy: Papelika
Macedonian: Потолошка
Mongolian: Бүднэ
Maltese: Summiena
Dutch: Kwartel
Norwegian: Vaktel
Sotho, Northern: Sekhwiri
Polish: przepiórka, przepiórka zwyczajna
Portuguese: Codorniz
Romansh: Quacra
Romanian: prepelita
Russian: Обыкновенный перепел, Перепел
Sardinian: Xrěcchibi
Scots: Gearradh-gort
Northern Sami: Goaktil
Slovak: prepelica, prepelica polná
Slovenian: prepelica
Shona: Huta
Albanian: Shkurta
Serbian: prepelica
Sotho, Southern: Koekoe
Swedish: Vaktel
Swahili: Tombo
Thai: นกคุ่มญี่ปุ่น
Turkmen: bıldırcın
Tswana: Tshosabannê
Turkish: Bıldırcın
Tsonga: Khevezi
Tuvinian: Бөдене
Ukrainian: Перепел, Перепілка
Vietnamese: Cay nhật bản
Xhosa: Isagwityi
Chinese: 西鹌鹑, 鹌鹑
Zulu: isiGwaca