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UrbanPlatform nestMedium · 96 g
What the Common Quail sounds like
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The common quail is a small compact gallinaceous bird 16–18 cm (6+1⁄2–7 in) in length with a wingspan of 32–35 cm (12+1⁄2–14 in). The weight is 70 to 140 g (2+1⁄2 to 5 oz). It is greatest before migration at the end of the breeding season. The female is generally slightly heavier than the male. It is streaked brown with a white eyestripe, and, in the male, a white chin. As befits its migratory nature, it has long wings, unlike the typically short-winged gamebirds. According to Online Etymology Dictionary, "small migratory game bird of the Old World, late 14c. (early 14c.
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When to see the Common Quail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Common Quail
The map shades 109 countries with regular records, and 14 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Sri Lanka, South Sudan, Canada, Vietnam, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania, Niger, Japan, Tajikistan, Iceland.
About the Common Quail
The common quail or European quail is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is mainly migratory, breeding in the western Palearctic and wintering in Africa and southern India.
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Easily confused with
Stubble QuailCoturnix pectoralisThe stubble quail is a ground dwelling bird that is characterised by its dark brown feathers with a cream coloured strip down the centre of each feather giving rise to stripes down the length of the bird.
Rain QuailCoturnix coromandelicaThe rain quail lacks barring on primaries.
Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorgueiThe harlequin quail is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.
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