Japanese Quail
Coturnix japonicaTemminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1849
English (US) Japanese Quail
The Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Phasianidae (Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies) in the order Galliformes.
Range: Eastern Palearctic; winters to southeastern Asia and eastern ChinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coturnix japonica
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Japanese Quail
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1849
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Coturnix vulgaris japonica
- Described by
- Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H, 1849
- Type locality
- Japan.
- Original description
- Fauna Japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1825-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit. Vol. 4. Aves p.103 pl.61
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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