Upland birds
Common quail
Coturnix coturnix
- Group
- Upland birds
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Phasianidae
Range
- Europe
- Africa
- Asia
Habitat
- Farmland
Range
Countries it is found in
125 countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Côte d’Ivoire
Range from:Wikipedia country bird lists — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Common quail. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
Track photo:Simone BoccaCC BY SA
Cross-reference
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Same subfamily (Perdicinae)
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