Species profile
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix
Quick answer
REMARK. — No recent field records. The presence of this species in Burkina Faso requires additional assessment.
- Scientific name
- Coturnix coturnix
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Coturnix
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Common Quail in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Phasianidae
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- Alectoris bavarica (Alectoris bavarica)
- Altai snowcock (Tetrao altaicus)
- Altai Snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)
- Annamite Crested Argus (Rheinardia ocellata)
- Arabian Partridge (Alectoris melanocephala)