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Quail

Coturnix coturnix
Pheasant like (Phasianidae)

Quailon RikenMon's Nature.Guide

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Round body with a small head and lighter coloured belly, back is rust brown marked. ♂ black/ white throat markings, ♀ black markings on its breast. 

Hides in grassy fields or in grain. Can be heard more easily than seen. In summer the ♂ calls often at sunset. 

⇔ l. 15-17 cm

Migratory bird.

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Size 15-40 cm

Shape Fowl

Colour

Legs Common

Beak Pointy

Neck Short

Tail Normal

Habitat Open

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15-40 cm

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1 LookAlikes (LA):

Corn crake

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Kwartel

Wachtel

Caille des blés

Quaglia comune

Codorniz europea-coturnix

Codorniz

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