Harlequin Quail

When to see the Harlequin Quail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Harlequin Quail

The map shades 21 countries with regular records, and 3 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 Cameroon, Central African Republic, Oman.

About the Harlequin Quail

The harlequin quail is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula. The species is named after the collector, Adulphe Delegorgue.

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Easily confused with

Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaThe morphology of the Japanese quail differs depending on its stage in life. Rain QuailCoturnix coromandelicaThe rain quail lacks barring on primaries. 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.