Coturnix [coturnix or japonica] (Common or Japanese Quail)

Common or Japanese Quail

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

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Classification

Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Phasianidae
Genus:
   Coturnix
Scientific:
  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:
23F1B005002B8899

Avibase ID:
avibase-23F1B005

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/23F1B005

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 553871

Geographic range:

Coturnix coturnix: widespread in Palearctic region, as well as eastern and southern Africa
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
Coturnix coturnix africana: southern Africa, Comoros, Madagascar, and Mauritius
Coturnix coturnix erlangeri: northeastern to southeastern Africa
Coturnix japonica: Eastern Palearctic; winters to southeastern Asia and eastern China
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common or Japanese Quail
French:
Caille des blés ou C. du Japon

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common or Japanese Quail ( Coturnix [coturnix or japonica])
Clements 1st edition: European Quail ( Coturnix coturnix) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Coturnix coturnix [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Coturnix coturnix [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Coturnix coturnix [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Kwartel
Arabic: السمان, السمانى, السمانى فري، فريرة, الفرّ, فري
Asturian: Parpayuela
Azerbaijani: Bildirçin
Belarusian: Перапелка, Перапёлка
Bulgarian: Пъдпъдък
Bengali: পাতি বটেরা
Breton: Ar goailh-soul, Goailh, Koailh
Catalan: Guàtlera, Guatlla, Guatlla japonesa
Catalan (Balears): Guàtlera
Czech: køepelka polní, Krepelka polní, Křepelka polní
Chuvash: Ахаль путене
Welsh: Rhinc, Sofliar
Danish: Vagtel
German: Europäische Wachtel, Wachtel
Greek: (Κοινό) Ορτύκι, [ortiki], Ορτύκι
Greek (Cypriot): Ορτύκι
English: Common or Japanese Quail, Common Quail, Eurasian Quail, European Migratory Quail, European Quail, Gray Quail, Grey Quail, Quail
Esperanto: Koturno
Spanish: Codorniz, Codorníz, Codorniz Común, Codorniz Europea, Guatla
Estonian: Poldvutt, Põldvutt, Vutt
Basque: Galeper, Galeperra, Guatlla
Finnish: Viiriäinen
Faroese: Lynghani, Pippus, Vaktil
French: Caille commune, Caille des blés, Caille des blés ou C. du Japon, Caille d'Europe
Frisian: Kwartel
Irish: Gearg
Gaelic: Gearradh Gort
Galician: Guatlla, Paspallás
Manx: Eean Feie, Quayl
Hebrew: שליו
Croatian: Prepelica, Prepelica pućpura
Hungarian: Fürj
Armenian: [Lor ], Լոր
Icelandic: Kornhæna
Italian: Quaglia, Quaglia comune, Quaglia dx
Japanese (romaji): Yooroppa uzura, yo-roppauzura
Japanese: ヨ−ロッパウズラ, ヨアロッパウズラ, ヨーロッパウズラ
Japanese (Kanji): ヨーロッパ鶉
Georgian: მწყერი
Khakas: Пÿдÿрчÿн
Kazakh: Бєдене
Kazakh (Transliteration): bödene
Korean: 메추라기
Cornish: Rynk
Kwangali: Erurumbe
Scientific: Coturnix [coturnix or japonica], Coturnix coturnix, Coturnix coturnix coturnix, Tetrao Coturnix
Luxembourgish: Wuechtel
Lithuanian: Piepala, Putpele, Putpelė
Latvian: Paipala
Malagasy: Papelika
Macedonian: Потолошка, Потополошка–препелица, Потполошка, Препелица
Mongolian: Бүднэ
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠡᠬᠡᠯ ᠪᠦᠳᠣᠨ᠎ᠠ
Mongolian (Buryat): бүдэнэ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠪᠦᠳᠣᠨ᠎ᠠ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Бүднээ
Mongolian (Transliteration): büden
Maltese: Summiena
Nepali: बट्टाई
Dutch: Kwartel
Norwegian: Vaktel
Sotho, Northern: Sekhwiri
Polish: przepiórka, przepiórka (zwyczajna), przepiórka zwyczajna
Pinyin: ānchun
Portuguese: Codorniz, Codorniz comum, Codorniz-comum
Romansh: quacra
Romanian: Prepeliţă
Russian: Perepel, Обыкновенный перепел, Перепел, Перепел обыкновенный
Sardinian: Circùiri, Cìrcuri, Cricchibě, Cualla, Guŕgliulu, Trepotčs, Xrěcchibi
Scots: Gearradh-gort
Northern Sami: Goaktil
Slovak: Prepelica poľná
Slovenian: prepelica
Shona: Huta
Albanian: Shkurta
Serbian: prepelica, Препелица
Sotho, Southern: Koekoe
Swedish: Vaktel
Swahili: Tombo, Tomboo, Tomboro, Tomboroko
Tamil: Kaadai
Thai: นกคุ่มญี่ปุ่น
Turkmen: bıldırcın
Tswana: Tshosabannê
Turkish: Bıldırcın, byldyrcyn
Tsonga: Khevezi
Tuvinian: Бөдене, Матпадак, патпадак
Ukrainian: Перепел, Перепілка
Vietnamese: Cay nhật bản
Xhosa: Isagwityi
Chinese: [an-chun], [xi an-chun], 西鹌鹑, 鹌鹑, 鹌鹑
Chinese (Traditional): 西鵪鶉
Zulu: isiGwaca