common quail

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Common quail (Coturnix coturnix) standing on the ground among short green plants in Kruger National Park, South Africa. The bird has brown and white patterned feathers.

common quail

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Also known as: Coturnix coturnix

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The common quail (Coturnix coturnix), wild individuals of which normally breed at one year of age, matures to breeding condition in seven weeks in captivity. It is uncertain whether wild birds hatched in the spring actually do breed during the summer; environmental control factors, especially decreasing…
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The common quail (Coturnix coturnix), wild individuals of which normally breed at one year of age, matures to breeding condition in seven weeks in captivity. It is uncertain whether wild birds hatched in the spring actually do breed during the summer; environmental control factors, especially decreasing…
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quail
…known is Coturnix coturnix, the common quail of Europe, Asia, and Africa; it is the only migratory galliform bird. Small quail sometimes classified as Excalfactoria, rather than Coturnix, include the blue quail (C. adamsoni), only 13 cm (5 inches) long, of eastern Africa. India has dwarf partridges, usually called bush…
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…known is Coturnix coturnix, the common quail of Europe, Asia, and Africa; it is the only migratory galliform bird. Small quail sometimes classified as Excalfactoria, rather than Coturnix, include the blue quail (C. adamsoni), only 13 cm (5 inches) long, of eastern Africa. India has dwarf partridges, usually called bush…
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