Coturnix
Sign in to saveCoturnix 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 group of small quail birds found in the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) that includes five species alive today along with several species that went extinct in the past. These birds matter as part of our understanding of quail diversity and the evolutionary history of game birds across the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
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- Perdicinae
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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.