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Common Quail

Coturnix coturnix

Classification

Class
Aves

The common quail (Coturnix coturnix) or European quail is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is mainly migratory, breeding in the western Palearctic and wintering in Africa and southern India. With its characteristic call of three repeated chirps (repeated three times in quick succession), this species of quail is more often heard than seen.

Distribution

Par Dûrzan Cîrano — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=95037808 · CC-BY-SA
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