Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (35)
- Monotypic
Philip J. K. McGowan and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 16, 2017
Text last updated October 16, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Shkurta japoneze |
| Asturian | Parpayar xaponesa |
| Basque | Galeper japoniarra |
| Bulgarian | Японски пъдпъдък |
| Catalan | guatlla del Japó |
| Chinese | 鵪鶉 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 鵪鶉 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 鹌鹑（日本鹌鹑） |
| Croatian | japanska prepelica |
| Czech | křepelka japonská |
| Dutch | Japanse Kwartel |
| English | Japanese Quail |
| English (United States) | Japanese Quail |
| Finnish | japaninviiriäinen |
| French | Caille du Japon |
| French (France) | Caille du Japon |
| German | Japanwachtel |
| Greek | Ιαπωνικό Ορτύκι |
| Icelandic | Fræhæna |
| Italian | Quaglia del Giappone |
| Japanese | ウズラ |
| Korean | 메추라기 |
| Mongolian | Наран бөднө |
| Norwegian | engvaktel |
| Polish | przepiórka japońska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Codorniz-japonesa |
| Russian | Немой перепел |
| Serbian | Japanska prepelica |
| Slovak | prepelica japonská |
| Spanish | Codorniz Japonesa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Codorniz japonesa |
| Swedish | japansk vaktel |
| Thai | นกคุ่มญี่ปุ่น |
| Turkish | Japon Bıldırcını |
| Ukrainian | Перепілка японська |
Coturnix japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1849
PROTONYM:
Coturnix vulgaris japonica
Temminck & Schlegel, 1849. Fauna Japonica sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1825-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit. Vol. 4. Aves, p.103 pl.61.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Japan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COTURNIX
- coturnix
- japanensis / japanicus / japensis / japonensis / japonica / japonicum / japonicus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Japanese Quail
