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The stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis) is a native Australian species which is the most common quail species in Australia. [2] The species is not under any threat of extinction (IUCN Least Concern). [3] Stubble quail are widespread and found throughout all states and territories of Australia excluding Tasmania. [4]
The type species is the common quail (Coturnix coturnix). [2] [3] The genus name is the Latin for the common quail. [4] The genus contains six species, of which one, the New Zealand quail (Coturnix novaezelandiae), is now extinct but was described from a living specimen. [5]
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 ...
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Sequences were derived for all quail species within the Australian and New Zealand Coturnix sp. complex. [6] It has sometimes been considered conspecific with the Australian stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis), which would then be named Coturnix novaezelandiae pectoralis as the New Zealand bird was described first. However, the genetic analysis ...
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The Galliformes are a clade of bird species of cosmopolitan distribution that, with the Anseriformes, belong to the branch Galloanserae.The group have more than 270 living species and includes the megapodes, chachalacas, guans, curassows, turkeys, grouse, New World quails, pheasants, partridges and guineafowl.