Common Quail

Coturnix coturnix - Caille des blés

Caille des blés
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Phasianidés

  • Genus
    :

    Coturnix

  • Species
    :

    coturnix

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 20 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 32 à 35 cm.
  • Weight
    : 85 à 135 g
Longevity

8 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Caille des blés
♀ adult plum. breeding
Caille des blés
♀ adult

Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.

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,
  • vaktel,
  • Vaktel,
  • prepelica poľná,
  • křepelka polní,
  • Vagtel,
  • viiriäinen,
  • Afrikaanse Kwartel,
  • guatlla comuna,
  • Kornhæna,
  • przepiórka (zwyczajna),
  • paipala,
  • prepelica,
  • Перепел,
  • ヨーロッパウズラ,
  • 西鹌鹑,
  • 普通鵪鶉,

Voice song and cries

Caille des blés
♂ adult plum. breeding

Habitat

Caille des blés
♂ adult

Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

Geographic range

Distribution

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

Other sources of interest

QRcode Caille des blés
published: - Updated: 05-12-2004
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