Species profile
Brown Quail
Synoicus ypsilophorus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are c, e Lesser Sundas, n, e New Guinea, Australia (except sc) and Tasmania.
- Scientific name
- Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Synoicus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Brown Quail in your journal
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Related species in Phasianidae
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- Alectoris bavarica (Alectoris bavarica)
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- Altai Snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)
- Annamite Crested Argus (Rheinardia ocellata)
- Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala)