Typical Old World Quails
Coturnix
Coturnix is a genus of six extant species and two known extinct species of Old World quail. The genus name is the Latin for the common quail.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Common Quail
speciesCoturnix coturnix
Japanese Quail
speciesCoturnix japonica
Stubble Quail
speciesCoturnix pectoralis
Rain Quail
speciesCoturnix coromandelica
Harlequin Quail
speciesCoturnix delegorguei
New Zealand Quail
speciesCoturnix novaezelandiae
Canary Islands Quail
speciesCoturnix gomerae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductory Book
Michael Scot · 1350 · p.186
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.568
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.524
Valeriano: Hieroglyphica (1575)
Pierio Valeriano · 1556 · p.362
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.467
Noah's Ark
Athanasius Kircher · 1675 · p.134
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 790.