Quail
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{{Taxobox
| name = Quail
| image = Quail32.jpg
| image_caption = [[Common Quail]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Galliformes]]
| familia = [[Phasianidae]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
*''[[Coturnix]]''
*''[[Anurophasis]]''
*''[[Perdicula]]''
*''[[Ophrysia]]''
<small>† See also [[Pheasant]], [[Partridge]], [[Grouse]]</small>
}}
'''Quail''' is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized [[bird]]s in the [[pheasant]] family [[Phasianidae]], or in the family [[Odontophoridae]]. [[New World quail]]s are not closely related but so named for their similar appearance and behaviour. [[Buttonquail]]s are in a different family ([[Turnicidae]]) and are not true quails.
==Behaviour==
Quails are small, plump terrestrial birds. They are [[seed]] eaters but will also take [[insect]]s and similar small prey. They nest on the ground and are capable of short, rapid bursts of flight. Some species such as the Japanese and Common Quail are [[bird migration|migratory]] and fly for long distances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Coturnix_japonica.html|title=Coturnix japonica (Japanese quail)|work=Animal Diversity Web|accessdate=2007-09-21}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Coturnix_coturnix.html|title=Coturnix coturnix (common quail)|work=Animal Diversity Web|accessdate=2007-09-21}}</ref> Some quail are farmed in large numbers. The Japanese Quail (or coturnix quail) is kept mostly to produce eggs.
<center>[[Image:Quail eggs.jpg|thumb|Quail eggs in a nest]]</center>
== Species in taxonomic order ==
*Genus ''[[Coturnix]]''
**[[Common Quail]], ''Coturnix coturnix''
**[[Japanese Quail]], ''Coturnix japonica''
**[[Stubble Quail]], ''Coturnix pectoralis''
**[[New Zealand Quail]], ''Coturnix novaezelandiae'' Extinct
**[[Rain Quail]], ''Coturnix coromandelica''
**[[Harlequin Quail]], ''Coturnix delegorguei''
**[[Brown Quail]], ''Coturnix ypsilophora''
**[[Blue Quail]], ''Coturnix adansonii''
**[[Asian Blue Quail]], ''Coturnix chinensis''
*Genus ''Anurophasis''
**[[Snow Mountain Quail]], ''Anurophasis monorthonyx''
*Genus ''[[Perdicula]]''
**[[Jungle Bush-quail]], ''Perdicula asiatica''
**[[Rock Bush-quail]], ''Perdicula argoondah''
**[[Painted Bush-quail]], ''Perdicula erythrorhyncha''
**[[Manipur Bush-quail]], ''Perdicula manipurensis''
*Genus ''Ophrysia''
**[[Himalayan Quail]], ''Ophrysia superciliosa'' Critically Endangered/Extinct
**[[Bobwhite Quail]],
==See also==
*[[Quails in cookery]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{Wiktionarypar|quail}}
*[http://www.gamebird.com/button.html Quail Breeding]
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*[http://coturnixcorneruk.forumotion.com/index.htm Coturnix Corner Quail Forum]
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