Blue Quail

Blue Quail
Blue Quail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Perdicinae
Genus: Coturnix
Species: C. adansonii
Binomial name
Coturnix adansonii
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851

The Blue Quail or African Blue Quail, (Coturnix adansonii) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

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Geographic Range

The species ranges from Sierra Leone to Ethiopia, and south to Zambia, and eastward to Kenya, and is migratory. The habitat of the Blue Quail excludes excessively dry areas.

Habitat

Inhabiting mainly grassland and fields, the birds typically live near rivers or other bodies of water.

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