Coturnix coturnix [incl. ussuriensi] (Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi])

Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi]

Coturnix coturnix [incl. ussuriensi] (= Coturnix coturnix) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The common quail, or European quail, is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is mainly migratory, breeding in the western Palearctic and wintering in Africa and southern India. Source: Wikipedia

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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:
2E1B5D2C600CC7C8

Avibase ID:
avibase-2E1B5D2C

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/2E1B5D2C

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
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi]
French:
Caille des blés [incl. ussuriensi]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi] ( Coturnix coturnix [incl. ussuriensi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi] ( Coturnix coturnix [incl. ussuriensi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi] ( Coturnix coturnix [incl. ussuriensi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi] ( Coturnix coturnix [incl. ussuriensi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi] ( Coturnix coturnix [incl. ussuriensi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi] ( Coturnix coturnix [incl. ussuriensi])
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Common Quail ( Coturnix coturnix) [version 2]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Common Quail ( Coturnix coturnix) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Coturnix [coturnix or japonica]

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Kwartel
Arabic: السمانى
Asturian: Parpayuela
Azerbaijani: Bildirçin
Belarusian: Перапёлка
Bulgarian: Пъдпъдък
Bengali: পাতি বটেরা
Breton: Ar goailh-soul
Catalan: Guatlla
Catalan (Balears): Guàtlera
Czech: křepelka polní
Chuvash: Ахаль путене
Welsh: Sofliar
Danish: Vagtel
German: Wachtel
Greek: (Κοινό) Ορτύκι
Greek (Cypriot): Ορτύκι
English: Common Quail, Common Quail [incl. ussuriensi]
Esperanto: Koturno
Spanish: Codorniz Europea
Estonian: Põldvutt
Basque: Galeperra
Finnish: viiriäinen
Faroese: Lynghani
French: Caille des blés, Caille des blés [incl. ussuriensi]
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): yo-roppauzura
Japanese: ヨアロッパウズラ
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, Coturnix coturnix [incl. ussuriensi], Coturnix coturnix coturnix, Tetrao Coturnix
Luxembourgish: Wuechtel
Lithuanian: Putpele
Latvian: Paipala
Malagasy: Papelika
Macedonian: Потолошка
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
Pinyin: ānchun
Portuguese: Codorniz
Romansh: quacra
Romanian: Prepeliţă
Russian: Обыкновенный перепел
Sardinian: Xrěcchibi
Scots: Gearradh-gort
Northern Sami: Goaktil
Slovak: prepelica poľná
Slovenian: prepelica
Shona: Huta
Albanian: Shkurta
Serbian: prepelica
Sotho, Southern: Koekoe
Swedish: Vaktel
Swahili: Tombo
Tamil: Kaadai
Thai: นกคุ่มญี่ปุ่น
Turkmen: bıldırcın
Tswana: Tshosabannê
Turkish: Bıldırcın
Tsonga: Khevezi
Tuvinian: Бөдене
Ukrainian: Перепілка звичайна
Vietnamese: Cay nhật bản
Xhosa: Isagwityi
Chinese: 西鹌鹑
Chinese (Traditional): 西鵪鶉
Zulu: isiGwaca