Common Quail

Coturnix coturnix

The common quail or European quail is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is mainly migratory, breeding in the western Palearctic and wintering in Africa and southern India.

Scientific name

Coturnix coturnix

Family

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

IUCN status

LC

Birds of Conservation Concern

Amber