Brown Quail (species: Coturnix ypsilophora) in Warrabah NP (Gaia Guide)
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Coturnix ypsilophora
Brown Quail


©Werner Witte: Lake Argyle WA, Australia

©Leo: Jervis Bay, NSW, Australia

©Nick Talbot: Brown Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Galliformes
Family Phasianidae
Genus Coturnix
Species Coturnix ypsilophora
Status least concern

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • From 18 cm to 20 cm (Length of specimen) - applies to Adults

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

The Brown Quail is distributed in agricultural areas, wet grasslands, shrublands and freshwater wetlands across much of New Guinea and the Lesser Sunda Islands as well as in northern, eastern, south-eastern and south-western Australia and Tasmania, though absent from arid regions. This species has been introduced to Fiji and New Zealand. (Wikipedia)

Local abundance

  • Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand: locally common

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