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old world quail wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 taxonomy 2 behaviour 3 references 4 external links toggle the table of contents old world quail 2 languages العربية tiếng việt edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia several species of pheasant like birds old world quail brown quail synoicus ypsilophorus scientific classification kingdom animalia phylum chordata class aves order galliformes family phasianidae subfamily phasianinae tribe coturnicini groups included coturnix ophrysia perdicula synoicus 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 term for several unrelated genera of smaller galliform species under the tribe coturnicini of the subfamily phasianinae note that although species which are commonly referred to as old world quail fall in the same tribe they are paraphyletic with respect to the other genera of the tribe such as alectoris tetraogallus ammoperdix margaroperdix and pternistis 2 new world quail are also housed in the order galliformes but they are classified under a different family odontophoridae the buttonquails or hemipodes despite their common name and similar resemblance to smaller members like the asian blue quail erroneously called button quail are not related at all 3 they are presently placed in the family turnicidae of the order charadriiformes in the same category as shorebirds the collective noun for a group of quail is flock bevy or covey 4 taxonomy edit old world quail may denote the following genera of the tribe coturnicini genus synoicus brown quail synoicus ypsilophorus snow mountain quail synoicus monorthonyx blue quail synoicus adansonii king quail synoicus chinensis genus coturnix rain quail coturnix coromandelica harlequin quail coturnix delegorguei common quail coturnix coturnix canary islands quail coturnix gomerae fossil japanese quail coturnix japonica new zealand quail coturnix novaezelandiae extinct stubble quail coturnix pectoralis genus perdicula jungle bush quail perdicula asiatica rock bush quail perdicula argoondah painted bush quail perdicula erythrorhyncha manipur bush quail perdicula manipurensis genus ophrysia himalayan quail ophrysia superciliosa critically endangered extinct behaviour edit old world quail are small plump terrestrial birds they are seed eaters but will also take insects and similar small prey they nest on the ground and are capable of short rapid bursts of flight some species such as the japanese and common quail are migratory and fly for long distances 5 6 some quail are farmed in large numbers the common and japanese or coturnix quail are both raised for table meat or to produce eggs they are also readily hunted often artificially stocked on game farms or to supplement wild populations migrating common quail are known to eat some poisonous seeds with no apparent ill effects but store the poison in their body fat poisoning people who subsequently eat these birds this condition is known as coturnism 7 references edit phillips lori byrd march 8 2012 wikipedia image of the week 2 wikipedia in residence children s museum of indianapolis retrieved 31 march 2012 galliformes bird phylogeny in german retrieved 2021 08 21 quail information including listing of species and photos beauty of birds 12 july 2023 usgs animal congregations or what do you call a group archived 2015 03 20 at the wayback machine coturnix japonica japanese quail animal diversity web retrieved 2007 09 21 coturnix coturnix common quail animal diversity web retrieved 2007 09 21 coturnism human poisoning by european migratory quail journal of cultural geography volume 7 issue 2 1987 pages 51 65 authors david c lewisa elizabeth metallinos katzarasb louis e grivettic doi 10 1080 08873638709478507 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to old world quail the dictionary definition of quail at wiktionary retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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