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This list may not reflect recent changes. ... New World quail; O. Old World quail; Q. Quail as food; Quail eggs; Quail hunting; R. Rock bush quail; S. Salle's quail ...
The king quail, an Old World quail, often is sold in the pet trade, and within this trade is commonly, though mistakenly, referred to as a "button quail". Many of the common larger species are farm-raised for table food or egg consumption , and are hunted on game farms or in the wild, where they may be released to supplement the wild population ...
Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona , California , Colorado , New Mexico , Nevada , Utah , Texas , and Sonora ; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California .
Japanese quail (C. japonica) or Domesticated quail: Common quail (C. coturnix) the 11~12th century CE: Japan: meat, eggs, research, pets considerable physical changes Common in the wild and in captivity 2b Galliformes: Domestic canary (Serinus canaria domestica) Wild canary (Serinus canaria canaria) the 15th century CE: the Canary Islands, Europe
[4] [5] [6] The common quail was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). [7] The ranges of the two species meet in Mongolia and near Lake Baikal without apparent interbreeding and in captivity the offspring of crosses show reduced fertility. [8] [9] The Japanese quail is therefore now treated as a ...
Species are found across a variety of habitats from tropical rainforest to deserts, although few species are capable of surviving at very low temperatures. There are 34 species divided into 10 genera. The legs of most New World quails are short but powerful, with some species having very thick legs for digging.
A domesticated quail is a domestic form of the quail, a collective name which refers to a group of several small species of fowl. Thousands of years of breeding and domestication have guided the bird's evolution. Humans domesticated quails for meat and egg production; additionally, quails can be kept as pets.
Old World quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds in the tribe Coturnicini of the pheasant family Phasianidae. Although all species commonly referred to as "Old World quail" are in the same tribe, they are paraphyletic with respect to the other members of the tribe, such as Alectoris , Tetraogallus , Ammoperdix ...