| LC control no. | sh 99010695 |
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| LC classification | QL696.G27 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Common quail |
| Variant(s) | Coturnix coturnix Quail, Common |
| See also | Coturnix |
| Found in | Monroe, B.L. A world checklist of birds, c1993: p. 8 (Coturnix coturnix, Common Quail. C. (c.) coturnix, Eurasian Quail. C. (c.) africana, African Quail) Howard birds world: p. 51 (Coturnix coturnix, Common Quail) Handbook of the birds of the world, c1992 : v. 2, p. 509 (Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix. Other common names: European/Eurasian (Migratory) Quail (coturnix); African Quail (africana). Forms superspecies with C. japonica, and also with C. pectoralis. Present species has been considered to include C. japonicaas a race, but the two are apparently sympatric in Mongolia. African populations may constitute a separate species, C. africana. Four subspecies recognized: C.c. coturnix, C.c. confisa, C.c. inopinata, C.c. africana) Random House (quail: 1. Coturnix coturnix) |
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