For the serious bird explorer to find the quail breeds and more
Quail belong to the Phasianidae
family of Galliformes (game birds & fowl) , also within the phasianidae family are Pheasants and Partridges.
Within the quail group species are thirteen Sub-groupings, each of these sub-groupings have one or more representative species as follows;
Dendrortyx
Barbatus - Bearded Tree Quail, Bearded Wood Partridge, Buffy-crowned Tree Quail, Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge
Leucophrys - Buffy-crowned Tree Quail, Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge
Macroura
- Long-tailed Tree Quail, Long-tailed Wood Partridge
Oreortyx
Pictus - Mountain Quail
Philortyx
Fasciatus - Barred quail, Banded Quail, Mexican Barred Partridge
Callipepla
Gambelii - Gambles Quail, Arizona Quail, Desert Quail
Squamata - scaled quail, Blue quail, Cotton Top Quail,
Douglasii - Elegant Quail, Yaqui Quail
Californica - Californian Quail
Colinus
Cristatus
- Crested Bobwhite Quail
Virginianus - Bobwhite Quail, Common Bobwhite Quail
Nigrogularis - Black-throated Bobwhite quail
Odontophorus
Gujanensis - Marbled Wood Quail
Capueira - Spot winged Wood quail, Capueira Wood quail
Leucolaemus - Black-breasted Wood Quail, White-throated Wood Quail
Balliviani - Stripe-faced Wood Quail, Ballivian's Partridge
Melanonotus - Dark-backed Wood Quail, Black-backed Partridge
Hyperythrus - Chestnut Wood Quail, Chestnut-throated Partridge
Erythrops - Rufous-fronted wood Quail, Rufous-breasted Wood Quail
Atrifrons - Black fronted Wood Quail
Dialeucos - Tacarcuna wood quail,
Columbianus - Venezuelan Wood Quail
Speciosus - Rufous-breasted Wood Quail, Rufous fronted wood quail
Strophium - Gorgeted Wood Quail, Gorgeted Partridge
Stellatus - Starred Wood Quail, Starred Partridge
Guttatus - Spotted Wood Quail
Dactylortyx
Thoracicus - Singing Quail, Long-toed Quail
Rhynchortyx
Cinctus - Tawney-faced Quail, Banded Quail
Cyrtonyx
Montezumae - Montezuma Quail, Mearns Quail, Harlequin Quail
Ocellatus - Ocellated Quail
Coturnix
Chinensis - Chinese Painted Quail, Blue Quail, Blue-breasted Quail, King quail
Coturnix - European Migratory Quail, Common Quail, Egyptian quail, Pharoah Quail
Japonica - Japanese Quail, Asian Migratory Quail, Red-throated Quail, Manchurian Golden Quail
Coromandelica - Rain Quail, Black-breasted Quail
Pectoralis - Pectoral Quail, Stubble Quail, Grey Quail
Novaezeelandiae - New Zealand Quail
Delegorguei - Harlequin Quail, African Harlequin Quail
Ypsilophorus - Brown Quail, Swamp Quail
Ophrysia
Superciliosa - Indian Mountain Quail
Anurophasis
Monoorthorthoryx - Snow Mountain Quail, New Guinea Alpine Quail
Perdicula
Erythrorhyncha - Painted Bush Quail
Asiatica - Jungle Bush quail
Manipurensis - ManipurBush Quail
Argoondah - Rock Bush Quail, Red Bush quail
The Coturnix name apparently imitates the call of the male,"ko-turr-neex". Wild European coturnix or common quail as they are sometimes called, are widley distributed in Europe Africa and Asia. They are classified, Coturnix coturnix and include several insular subspecies of which one is found in the Azores and another on the island of Madeira. Japanese quail, Coturnix Japonica, from which our domestic quail have been developed are sometimes considered to be a different species, but are in fact identical to European quail.
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