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Common quail

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The common quail, also called the European quail, is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is mainly migratory, breeding across the western Palearctic and wintering in Africa and southern India. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Scientific Name
Coturnix coturnix 4
Conservation Status
Least Concern 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Galliformes, Taxa
Source Common quail (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Colombia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ecuador, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Mauritius, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Russia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Sweden, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Ukraine, found in there.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Common quail (Wikipedia)
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 376441
    The common quail (Coturnix coturnix) or European quail is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
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4. Common quail (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q28358 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Wikidata Q28358 (P1034 main food source): seed
    Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): seed.
  • Wikidata Q28358 (P1034 main food source): insect
    Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): insect.
  • Child Taxon Of: Galliformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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