Coturnix
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Coturnix''
| image = Excalfactoria chinensis (aka).jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = [[Asian Blue Quail]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Galliformes]]
| familia = [[Phasianidae]]
| genus = '''''Coturnix'''''
| genus_authority = [[Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre|Bonnaterre]], [[1791]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
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}}
'''''Coturnix''''' is a [[genus]] of [[quail]]. Members of the genus are typically small brown birds, with buff and red tones, and dark lines around the head and nape. They are heavily hunted in their habitats for their meat and vibrant feathers.
== Species list ==
* [[Japanese Quail]], ''Coturnix japonica''
* [[Common Quail]], ''Coturnix coturnix''
* [[Harlequin Quail]], ''Coturnix delegorguei''
* [[Rain Quail]], ''Coturnix coromandelica''
* [[Stubble Quail]], ''Coturnix pectoralis''
* [[New Zealand Quail]], ''Coturnix novaezelandiae'' - [[extinct]] ([[1875]])
* [[Brown Quail]], ''Coturnix ypsilophora''
* [[Asian Blue Quail]], ''Coturnix chinensis''
* [[African Blue Quail]], ''Coturnix adansonii''
* [[Canary Islands Quail]], ''Coturnix gomerae'' - [[Late Quaternary prehistoric birds|prehistoric]]
A [[fossil]] species from the Late [[Oligocene]] - Late [[Miocene]] of SW and Central Europe was described as ''Coturnix gallica''.
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== External Links ==
[http://www.vermontquail.com/quail.html Cavendish Game Birds]