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Coturnix

Coturnix is a genus of five extant species and five to eight known extinct species of Old World quail.

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Coturnix is a genus of birds within the family Phasianidae and order Galliformes. It belongs to the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon is classified under the subfamily Perdicinae. The genus name was established by Garsault in 1764, while WoRMS lists the authority as Bonnaterre, 1790, with an accepted status.

Records for this genus are held by institutions including ASNHC, UWZM, MSU, COA, and CAS. Specimens have been documented in the United States, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, India, and South Africa. The genus is referenced by 203 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 32 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Coturnix

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderGalliformes
FamilyPhasianidae

Observations recorded592,016

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 67
With media: 20
Family: Phasianidae
Collections: ASNHC, UWZM, MSU, COA, CAS, CM
Recorded in: United States, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, India, South Africa, Australia, Nepal, Indonesia

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Research

6,708 papers

Development of ventilatory chemoreflexes in Coturnix quail chicks.Respiratory physiology & neurobiology · 2020Song MJ, Pratt AE, Bavis RWDOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2020.103411
Molecular sex identification in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica).Animal genetics · 2021Gruszczyńska J, Grzegrzółka BDOI: 10.1111/age.13065
Developmental stages of the blue-breasted quail (Coturnix chinensis).Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho · 2019Nakamura Y, Nakane Y, Tsudzuki MDOI: 10.1111/asj.13119
Sensitivity of Quails (Coturnix coturnix), Siskins (Carduelis spinus), and Frogs (Rana ridibunda) to West Nile Virus.Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine · 2021Molchanova EV, Prilepskaya DR, Negodenko AO et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10517-021-05250-z
Efficacy of Sodium Borohydride for Autofluorescence Reduction in Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) Lungs Under Different Antigen Retrieval Conditions.Microscopy and microanalysis : the official journal of Microscopy Society of America, Microbeam Analysis Society, Microscopical Society of Canada · 2025Ezeasor CK, Maina JNDOI: 10.1093/mam/ozaf116
Mitogenomic Insights into the Evolution, Divergence Time, and Ancestral Ranges of Coturnix Quails.Genes · 2024Dey P, Ray SD, Kochiganti VHS et al.DOI: 10.3390/genes15060742
Sexual dimorphism in the hypothalamic metabolism of testosterone in the Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica).ReviewProgress in brain research · 1984Schumacher M, Balthazart JDOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)64428-3
CXCL14-like immunoreactivity in somatostatin-producing cells of the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) pancreas.Anatomia, histologia, embryologia · 2023Suzuki H, Yamamoto TDOI: 10.1111/ahe.12864

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Perdicinae
Image: Coturnix coturnix (Lmbuga).jpg

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taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Coturnix
taxon name: Coturnix
topic's main category: Category:Coturnix
Commons gallery: Coturnix

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections

Contents

Range
Habits
Taxonomy
Species
Footnotes
References
External links

Coturnix is a genus of five extant species and five to eight known extinct species of Old World quail.

==Range== These species are distributed throughout Africa, Eurasia, Australia, and formerly New Zealand. An extinct radiation of flightless, insular species is known through fossil remains from Macaronesia, which were likely wiped out by human arrival.

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