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Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica Scientific name definitions

Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 16, 2017

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Distribution of the Japanese Quail

Recommended Citation

McGowan, P. J. K. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.japqua.01
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