Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Albanian | Shkurta japoneze |
Asturian | Parpayar xaponesa |
Basque | Galeper japoniarra |
Bulgarian | Японски пъдпъдък |
Catalan | Guatlla del Japó |
Chinese | 鵪鶉 |
Chinese (SIM) | 鹌鹑(日本鹌鹑) |
Croatian | japanska prepelica |
Czech | křepelka japonská |
Dutch | Japanse Kwartel |
English | Japanese Quail |
English (United States) | Japanese Quail |
Finnish | japaninviiriäinen |
French | Caille du Japon |
French (France) | Caille du Japon |
German | Japanwachtel |
Greek | Ιαπωνικό Ορτύκι |
Icelandic | Fræhæna |
Japanese | ウズラ |
Korean | 메추라기 |
Mongolian | Наран бөднө |
Norwegian | engvaktel |
Polish | przepiórka japońska |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Codorniz-japonesa |
Russian | Немой перепел |
Serbian | Japanska prepelica |
Slovak | prepelica japonská |
Spanish | Codorniz Japonesa |
Spanish (Spain) | Codorniz japonesa |
Swedish | japansk vaktel |
Thai | นกคุ่มญี่ปุ่น |
Turkish | Japon Bıldırcını |
Ukrainian | Перепілка японська |
Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1849
PROTONYM:
Coturnix vulgaris japonica
Temminck & Schlegel, 1849. Fauna Japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1825-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit. Vol. 4. Aves, p.103 pl.61.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Japan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COTURNIX
- coturnix
- japanensis / japanicus / japensis / japonensis / japonica / japonicum / japonicus
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Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica Scientific name definitions
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 16, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 16, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.japqua.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 16, 2017
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
Authors
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2017). Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.