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and shortly after hatching leave the nest and can feed themselves. They are cared for by the female who broods them while they are small. The young fledge when around 19 days of age but stay in the family group for 30–50 days. They generally first breed when one year old and only have a single brood.
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on the ground. It is notoriously difficult to see, keeping hidden in crops, and reluctant to fly, preferring to creep away instead. Even when flushed, it keeps low and soon drops back into cover. Often the only indication of its presence is the distinctive "wet-my-lips" repetitive song of the male.
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to 5 oz). It is greatest before migration at the end of the breeding season. The female is generally slightly heavier than the male. It is streaked brown with a white eyestripe, and, in the male, a white chin. As befits its migratory nature, it has long wings, unlike the typically short-winged
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area. Very large numbers are caught in nets along the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. It is estimated that in 2012, during the autumn migration, 3.4 million birds were caught in northern Sinai and perhaps as many as 12.9 million in the whole of Egypt.
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Males generally arrive in the breeding area before the females. In northern Europe laying begins from the middle of May, and with repeat laying can continue to the end of August. The female forms a shallow
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If common quails have eaten certain plants, although which plants is still in debate, the meat from quail can be poisonous, with one in four who consume poisonous flesh becoming ill with
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without apparent interbreeding and in captivity the offspring of crosses show reduced fertility. The Japanese quail is therefore now treated as a separate species.
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is more often heard than seen. It is widespread in Europe and North Africa, and is categorised by the IUCN as "least concern". It should not be confused with the
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gamebirds. According to Online Etymology Dictionary, "small migratory game bird of the Old World, late 14c. (early 14c. as a surname, Quayle), from Old French
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chapter 11 describes a story of a huge mass of quails that were blown by a wind and were taken as meat by the Israelites in the wilderness.
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Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis
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Tsironi, M.; Andriopoulos, P.; Xamodraka, E.; Deftereos, S.; Vassilopoulos, A.; Asimakopoulos, G.; Aessopos, A. (2004).
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With its characteristic call of three repeated chirps (repeated three times in quick succession), this species of
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Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en medecine, décrits dans la Matiere Medicale de Geoffroy Medecin
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Welter-Schultes, F.W.; Klug, R. (2009). "Nomenclatural consequences resulting from the rediscovery of
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Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa. The Birds of the Western Palearctic
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Korkmaz, İ.; Kukul Güven, F.M.; Eren, Ş.H.; Dogan, Z. (2011). "Quail consumption can be harmful".
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The call is uttered mostly in the mornings, evenings and sometimes at night. It is a strongly
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on several occasions but has failed to establish itself and is now probably extinct.
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Identification guide (PDF; 3.4 MB) by Javier Blasco-Zumeta & Gerd-Michael Heinze
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in the United States and Europe. However, most of this increase is with
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Male (nominate subsp.) in Germany, and the advertising call in England
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Common quail species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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word for the common quail. This species is now placed in the
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This species over recent years has seen an increase in its
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Ouzounellis, T. (1970). "Some notes on quail poisoning".
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The common quail has been introduced onto the island of
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Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en médecine
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that was introduced in 1764 by the French naturalist
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Index


Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Near Threatened
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Galliformes
Phasianidae
Coturnix
Binomial name
Linnaeus
1758

Synonyms
game bird
Phasianidae
Palearctic
quail
Japanese quail
poultry
formally described
Carl Linnaeus
tenth edition
Systema Naturae

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