Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
Alectoris
Ammoperdix
Margaroperdix
Pternistis
Tetraogallus
A quail trap from Malaysia, also known as the jebak puyuh: A female quail was placed in the woven container behind the netting. As the female called out, a male mate would approach and then the trap would fall on him. Quails are now rarely found in the wild in Malaysia, so such devices now serve as decoration.[1]
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, Margaroperdix, and Pternistis.[2]
New World quail are also found in the Galliformes, but are not in the same family (Odontophoridae). Buttonquails are not closely related at all, but are named for their similar appearance.[3] They are presently placed in the family Turnicidae of the Charadriiformes, classified as shorebirds.
The collective noun for a group of quail is flock, bevy or covey.[4]
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OldWorldquail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds in the tribe Coturnicini of the pheasant family Phasianidae. Although all species...
The New Worldquail are small birds, that despite their similar appearance and habits to the OldWorldquail, belong to a different family known as the...
quail (Synoicus chinensis), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi, is a species of OldWorld quail...
the group of species known as New Worldquail (Odontophoridae). They were initially placed with the OldWorldquail in the pheasant family (Phasianidae)...
The common quail (Coturnix coturnix), or European quail, is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is mainly migratory...
The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), also known as the coturnix quail, is a species of OldWorldquail found in East Asia. First considered a subspecies...
of five extant species and five to eight known extinct species of OldWorldquail. These species are distributed throughout Africa, Eurasia, Australia...
which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, OldWorldquail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular gamebirds...
birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae, regrouping the partridges, OldWorldquails, and francolins. Although this subfamily was considered monophyletic...
The mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New Worldquail family. This species is the only one in the genus Oreortyx...
closely related to OldWorldquail (Coturnix and relatives), snowcocks (Tetraogallus), partridge-francolins (Pternistis), bush quail (Perdicula), and sand...
Both OldWorld and New Worldquail include edible species. The common quail used to be much favoured in French cooking, but quail for the table are now...
The Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) is a stubby, secretive New Worldquail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known...
Synoicus is a genus of 4 species of OldWorldquail. The species in the genus are distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, tropical Asia, and Australasia...
Odontophoridae The New Worldquails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the OldWorld, but named for their similar...
Odontophoridae The New Worldquails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the OldWorld, but named for their similar...
considered monophyletic and separated from the partridges, francolins, and OldWorldquails (Perdicinae) till the early 1990s, molecular phylogenies have shown...
is a tribe of birds in the subfamily Phasianinae. It contains the OldWorldquail, snowcocks, and African spurfowl, among others. Members of this tribe...
Odontophoridae The New Worldquails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the OldWorld, but named for their similar...
The scaled quail (Callipepla squamata), also commonly called blue quail or cottontop, is a species of the New Worldquail family. It is a bluish gray bird...
The singing quail (Dactylortyx thoracicus) is a species of bird in the family Odontophoridae, the New Worldquail. It is found in Belize, El Salvador...
Odontophoridae The New Worldquails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the OldWorld, but named for their similar...
Odontophoridae The New Worldquails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the OldWorld, but named for their similar...
Odontophoridae The New Worldquails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the OldWorld, but named for their similar...
was previously included in Francolinus, is more closely related to OldWorldquails than it is to the other francolins. Beginning in 2004, various ornithologists...
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