Harlequin quail

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The Montezuma quail of Central America and the southwestern U.S. is sometimes called the harlequin quail.

Harlequin quail
Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) (6035291347).jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Coturnix
Species:
C. delegorguei
Binomial name
Coturnix delegorguei
Synonyms

Coturnix fornasini Bianconi 1865 [2][3]

Drawing of the head of a harlequin quail

The harlequin quail (Coturnix delegorguei) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It occurs in Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula.[4] The species is named after the collector, Adulphe Delegorgue.

Taxonomy[]

There are three subspecies:[5][4]

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Coturnix delegorguei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678961A92796214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678961A92796214.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Bianconi, J. Josephi (1864). "Specimina zoologica Mosambicana. Fasciculus XIV". Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. 2 (in Latin). 4: 519 at 521–522.
  3. ^ Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert (1892). "Notes on the Genus Coturnix". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6. 10 (56): 173. doi:10.1080/00222939208677386.
  4. ^ a b Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018
  5. ^ "Coturnix delegorguei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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