The blue quail or African blue quail (Synoicus adansonii) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae found in sub-Saharan Africa. The blue quail was...
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million quail were produced in the United States. Genus Callipepla Scaled quail, (commonly called blue quail) Callipepla squamata Elegant quail, Callipepla...
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The king quail (Synoicus chinensis), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi, is a species of Old...
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California quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family...
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ypsilophorus Snow Mountain quail, Synoicus monorthonyx Blue quail, Synoicus adansonii King quail, Synoicus chinensis Genus Coturnix Rain quail, Coturnix coromandelica...
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The scaled quail (Callipepla squamata), also commonly called blue quail or cottontop, is a species of the New World quail family. It is a bluish gray bird...
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Indian peafowl (redirect from Blue Peafowl)
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), also known as the common peafowl or blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent. It has been...
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Northern bobwhite (redirect from Bob-white quail)
bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), also known as the Virginia quail or (in its home range) bobwhite quail, is a ground-dwelling bird native to Canada, the United...
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The New World quail are small birds, that despite their similar appearance and habits to the Old World quail, belong to a different family known as the...
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The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), also known as the coturnix quail, is a species of Old World quail found in East Asia. First considered a subspecies...
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The blue-headed quail dove (Starnoenas cyanocephala), or blue-headed partridge-dove, is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae. It...
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described from a living specimen. The brown quail (S. ypsilophora), king quail (S. chinensis) and blue quail (S. adansonii), were formerly classified in...
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than the others. Button quails (also known as King Quail, Chinese-Painted Quail and Blue-Breasted quail) are rarely kept for food production because they...
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female peafowl are referred to as peahens. The two Asiatic species are the blue or Indian peafowl originally from the Indian subcontinent, and the green...
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sometimes grouped in the Perdicinae subfamily of the Phasianidae (pheasants, quail, etc.). However, molecular research suggests that partridges are not a distinct...
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includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. The family includes many of the most popular gamebirds. The...
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(A. heyi) Synoicus Brown quail (S. ypsilophorus) Snow Mountain quail (S. monorthonyx) Blue quail (S. adansonii) King quail (S. chinensis) Margaroperdix...
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Tibetan eared pheasant (C. harmani) Brown eared pheasant (C. mantchuricum) Blue eared pheasant (C. auritum) Subfamily Pavoninae Tribe Pavonini Crested argus...
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(A. heyi) Synoicus Brown quail (S. ypsilophorus) Snow Mountain quail (S. monorthonyx) Blue quail (S. adansonii) King quail (S. chinensis) Margaroperdix...
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lighter plumage than the nominate subspecies. Its feathers are more purple and blue. The male northern green pheasant, P. v. robustipes, has the lightest plumage...
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impressive than his Asiatic cousins, the male's feathers are nevertheless deep blue with a metallic green and violet tinge. He has bare red neck skin, grey feet...
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Blue noddy Blue nuthatch Blue paradise flycatcher Blue petrel Blue pitta Blue quail Blue rock thrush Blue swallow Blue vanga Blue waxbill Blue whistling...
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slightly larger and has a yellow eye, blue-green bare skin around it. The bill is horn-coloured and they have blue-gray legs. The female is much less showy...
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the back and rump is golden-yellow. The tertiary feathers on the wings are blue, whereas the scapulars are dark red. The central tail feathers are black...
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Pheasants, Partidges and Grouse: A Guide to the Pheasants, Partridges, Quails, Grouse, Guineafowl, Payton Moore, Buttonquails and Sandgrouse of the World...
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order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important...
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levaillantoides Synoicus Brown quail, Synoicus ypsilophorus Snow Mountain quail, Synoicus monorthonyx King quail, Synoicus chinensis Blue quail, Synoicus adansonii...
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Both sexes have blue heads with some orange or red nodules, which are more pronounced on males. The males also have a fleshy blue crown covered with...
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(A. heyi) Synoicus Brown quail (S. ypsilophorus) Snow Mountain quail (S. monorthonyx) Blue quail (S. adansonii) King quail (S. chinensis) Margaroperdix...
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monophyletic and separated from the partridges, francolins, and Old World quails (Perdicinae) till the early 1990s, molecular phylogenies have shown that...
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