Common quail
Scientific name: Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overview
The common quail or European quail is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is mainly migratory, breeding in the Palearctic and wintering in Africa and southern India.
From the Wikipedia article “Common quail”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3.
Size and lifespan
| Measurement | Value |
|---|---|
| Birth weight | 8.2 g |
Source: Wikidata, citing “AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING”, article by Terje Lislevand et al published June 2007 in Ecology.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Africa; Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China); Southern Asia.
Common names
Names in other languages (14)
- Arabic
- سمان شائع
- Bengali
- পাতি বটেরা
- Chinese
- 西鹌鹑
- French
- Caille des blés
- German
- Wachtel
- Hindi
- बड़ा बटेर
- Indonesian
- puyuh biasa
- Japanese
- ヨーロッパウズラ
- Persian
- بلدرچین
- Portuguese
- codorniz, codorniz-comum
- Russian
- Обыкновенный перепел
- Spanish
- Codorniz común
- Turkish
- Bayağı bıldırcın
- Urdu
- عام بٹیر
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, measurements, names in other languages. Q28358, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Common quail”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — christoph_moning, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026