Blue Quail

Synoicus adansonii - Caille bleue

Systematics

Order
:
Galliformes
Family
:
Phasianidés
Genus
:
Synoicus
Species
:
adansonii

Descriptor

Verreaux, J Verreaux, É, 1851

Biometrics

Size
: 15 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 35 à 48 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Blue Quail (Synoicus adansonii) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Caille bleue,
Codorniz africana,
codorniz-azul,
Adansonwachtel,
kék fürj,
Blauwe Kwartel,
Quaglia blu,
afrikansk blåvaktel,
Afrikablåvaktel,
prepelica modrá,
křepelka modrá,
Afrikansk Dværgvagtel,
afrikansiniviiriäinen,
Bloukwartel,
guatlla blava africana,
przepiórka modra,
Африканская голубая куропатка,
アオヒメウズラ,
非洲蓝鹑,
藍鶉,

Habitat

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Arable Land

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Vol. 2 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot--Jordi Sargatal
Pheasants, partridges and grouses, Madge Steve
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest