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Japanese quail

LC control no.sh 85069717
LC classificationQL696.G27 Zoology
Topical headingJapanese quail
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Variant(s)Asian migratory quail
Coturnix coturnix japonica
Coturnix japonica
Migratory quail, Asian
See alsoCoturnix
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Found inMonroe, B.L. A world checklist of birds, c1993: p. 8 (Coturnix japonica. Japanese quail)
Howard birds world: p. 51 (Coturnix japonica, Japanese Quail)
Cklist. No. Am. birds: p. 134 (Coturnix japonica. Japanese Quail)
Handbook of the birds of the world, c1992: v. 2, p. 509 (Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica. Other common names: Asian Migratory Quail. Forms superspecies with C. coturnix, and possibly also with C. pectoralis. Present species has been considered a race of C. coturnix, but they are apparently sympatric in Mongolia)