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| Coturnix coturnix |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: Phasianidae |
Order: Galliformes |
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Common quail |
Caille des blés |
Codorniz común |
Wachtel |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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Complex. Majority of W Palearctic breeding birds believed to winter S of Sahara, mainly in Sahel zone, but
some winter as far N as British Is and Germany, and with some regularity around Mediterranean; birds of these
populations do not seem to cross over equatorial forest; migration routes believed to vary individually, and from
year to year. Birds that winter in C & S India believed to migrate through NW Pakistan, before dispersing
throughout Indian Subcontinent. S African birds may move N to winter in Angola, S Zaire, N Namibia and W
Zambia, where species is probably non-breeding-visitor. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds),
1994)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1994) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West
& Central Asia |
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |