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The brown quail is a plump, stocky bird which can grow up to a length of 17 to 22 centimetres (6+1⁄2 to 8+1⁄2 in) and weight of 75 to 140 grams (2+3⁄4 to 5 oz). The colour is quite variable over the bird's wide range. The male is reddish-brown speckled with black on the head and upper neck and mainly reddish-brown on back and wings. The underparts range from buff or rufous to brown, but always with fine black chevron-shaped barring. The tail is short, dark brown with yellowish barring. The female is similar but rather paler.
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When to see the Brown Quail
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Brown Quail
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Brown Quail
The brown quail, also known as the swamp quail, silver quail and Tasmanian quail, is an Australasian true quail of the family Phasianidae. It is a small, ground-dwelling bird and is native to mainland Australia, Tasmania and Papua New Guinea and has been introduced to New Zealand and Fiji. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the brown quail is evaluated as being of "least concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Easily confused with
King QuailSynoicus chinensisKing quail is 12–15 cm long, with a wingspan of about 25 cm long, and weighing 20–57 g.
Blue QuailSynoicus adansoniiThe blue quail is 14–16.5 cm (5.5–6.5 in) long and weighs 43–44 g (1.5–1.6 oz).
Snow Mountain QuailSynoicus monorthonyxThe Snow Mountain quail, is a roughly 28-cm-long (11 in), dark brown quail of alpine grasslands.
Side by side: Brown Quail vs King Quail
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