Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix - Caille des blés
Description identification
Subspecific information 5 subspecies
- Coturnix coturnix coturnix (Europe and nw Africa to Mongolia and n India)
- Coturnix coturnix conturbans (Azores)
- Coturnix coturnix inopinata (Cape Verde Is.)
- Coturnix coturnix africana (sub-Saharan Africa, Mauritius, Comoros Is., Madagascar)
- Coturnix coturnix erlangeri (e and ne Africa)
Foreign names
- Caille des blés,
- Codorniz Común,
- Codorniz-comum,
- Wachtel,
- Fürj,
- Kwartel,
- Quaglia comune,
- Vaktel,
- Vaktel,
- prepelica poľná,
- křepelka polní,
- Vagtel,
- viiriäinen,
- Afrikaanse Kwartel,
- guatlla comuna,
- Kornhæna,
- przepiórka (zwyczajna),
- paipala,
- prepelica,
- Перепел,
- ヨ-ロッパウズラ,
- 西鹌鹑,
- 普通鵪鶉,
Habitat
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v10.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2019.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes