Coturnix

Coturnix
King Quail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Subfamily:	Perdicinae
Genus:	Coturnix Bonnaterre, 1791
Species
See text.

Coturnix is a genus of Old World quail in Phasianidae.

Species list

• Blue Quail, Coturnix adansonii
• King Quail, Coturnix chinensis
• Rain Quail, Coturnix coromandelica
• Harlequin Quail, Coturnix delegorguei
• Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix
• †Canary Islands Quail, Coturnix gomerae (fossil)
• Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica
• †New Zealand Quail, Coturnix novaezelandiae (extinct)
• Stubble Quail, Coturnix pectoralis
• Brown Quail, Coturnix ypsilophora

A fossil species from the Late Oligocene - Late Miocene of SW and Central Europe was described as Coturnix gallica. Another, C. donnezani, was widespread in Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Europe^[1].

Footnotes

1. ^ Mlíkovský (2002)

References

• Mlíkovský, Jirí (2002a): Early Pleistocene birds of Stránská skála, Czech Republic: 2. Absolon's cave. Sylvia 38: 19-28 [English with Czech abstract]. PDF fulltext

External links

• Raising Coturnix Quail Organically For Eggs And Meat