Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | colí ocel·lat |
Czech | křepel perličkový |
Dutch | Gevlekte Bergkwartel |
English | Ocellated Quail |
English (United States) | Ocellated Quail |
French | Colin ocellé |
French (France) | Colin ocellé |
German | Tränenwachtel |
Japanese | タマフウズラ |
Norwegian | zapotekvaktel |
Polish | przepiór maskowy |
Russian | Глазчатый перепел |
Serbian | Krupnopegava prepelica |
Slovak | prepelka očkatá |
Spanish | Colín Ocelado |
Spanish (Honduras) | Codorniz Pintada |
Spanish (Mexico) | Codorniz Ocelada |
Spanish (Spain) | Colín ocelado |
Swedish | glasögonvaktel |
Turkish | Güney Soytarı Kolini |
Ukrainian | Перепелиця-клоун західна |
Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
Jack C. Eitniear, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Marîa del Coro Arizmendi
Version: 1.0 — Published December 5, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published December 5, 2014
Diet and Foraging
Diet
Ocellated Quail has a varied diet that includes seeds, fruits, buds, insects, and tubers (especially oxalids). In Mexico eats bulbs of Cyperus esculentus, Oxalis, Brodiaea, and Echeandia terniflora. Also eats a variety of insects, such as butterflies, beetles, grasshoppers, spiders, mosquitoes, and ants.