Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (48)
- Monotypic
Philip J. K. McGowan, Guy M. Kirwan, Eduardo de Juana, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 13, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 13, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaanse Kwartel |
| Albanian | Shkurta |
| Arabic | سمان شائع- فري |
| Armenian | Լոր |
| Asturian | Parpayar común |
| Azerbaijani | Adi bildirçin |
| Basque | Galeperra |
| Bulgarian | Пъдпъдък |
| Catalan | Guatlla comuna |
| Chinese (SIM) | 西鹌鹑 |
| Croatian | prepelica |
| Czech | křepelka polní |
| Danish | Vagtel |
| Dutch | Kwartel |
| English | Common Quail |
| English (United States) | Common Quail |
| Faroese | Vaktil |
| Finnish | viiriäinen |
| French | Caille des blés |
| French (French Guiana) | Caille des blés |
| Galician | Paspallás común |
| German | Wachtel |
| Greek | (Κοινό) Ορτύκι |
| Hebrew | שליו נודד |
| Hungarian | Fürj |
| Icelandic | Kornhæna |
| Italian | Quaglia |
| Japanese | ヨーロッパウズラ |
| Latvian | Paipala |
| Lithuanian | Putpelė |
| Mongolian | Эгэл бөднө |
| Norwegian | vaktel |
| Persian | بلدرچین |
| Polish | przepiórka |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Codorniz-comum |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Codorniz |
| Portuguese (RAA) | Codorniz |
| Portuguese (RAM) | Codorniz |
| Romanian | Prepeliță |
| Russian | Перепел |
| Serbian | Prepelica |
| Slovak | prepelica poľná |
| Slovenian | Prepelica |
| Spanish | Codorniz Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Codorniz común |
| Swedish | vaktel |
| Turkish | Bıldırcın |
| Ukrainian | Перепілка звичайна |
Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao Coturnix
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae ed.10 1, p.161.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe, Asia, Africa. Restricted type locality, Sweden, ex Fn. Svec.
Definitions
- COTURNIX
- coturnix
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Common Quail