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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 13, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: British Trust for Ornithology - Quail. | Sep 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Evolutionary genetics: Inversions � Do not quail but go big! | Mar 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The quail genome: insights into social behaviour, seasonal biology and infectious disease response. | Dec 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Biology - The quail genome: insights into social behaviour, seasonal biology and infectious disease response. | Nov 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Transgenic Quail as a Model for Research in the Avian Nervous System � A Comparative Study of the Auditory Brainstem. | Aug 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas A&M National Resource Institute - The Anatomy of a Quail. | Jul 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mississippi State University Extension - Feeding Quail. | Jun 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Texas A&M - Natural Resource Institute - What Do Quail Eat? | Nov 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Trust for Ornithology - Quail. | Aug 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC - BMC Biology - The quail genome: insights into social behaviour, seasonal biology and infectious disease response. | Jun 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Quail. | Jan 19, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 10, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science Kids - Quail � The Small, Plump and Cute Bird. | Dec 21, 2016 | ||
| Text added noting that New World quail are classified within the family Odontophoridae; species count for New World quail changed from "some 36 species" to "some 32 species." | Jun 22, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum - Quail. | Apr 28, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Quail. | Jan 17, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Quail. | Mar 06, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Natural History Museum - Archaeopteryx lithographica. | May 21, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | May 05, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 16, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand - Quail. | May 17, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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