Species Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common quail)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Animalia
  • - phylum: Chordata
  • -- class: Aves
  • --- order: Galliformes
  • ---- family: Phasianidae
  • ----- species: Coturnix coturnix
Characteristics:omnivore; body-length: 18 cm; speckled brown plumage
Countries:
BW
Botswana
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT0709
Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
Links:
References:Sinclair 1994: 100
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Date: 2005-10-03
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Source: wikimedia
Date: 1897
Place: Gera (?), Germany
Creator: Naumann: Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas, Band VI, Tafel 14 - Gera, 1897
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