Coturnix
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| King Quail | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Perdicinae |
| Genus: | Coturnix Garsault, 1764 |
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Coturnix is a genus of Old World quail, related Francolins and Alectoris Partridges. Coturnix and the aforementioned genera belong to their own monophyletic clade, the Gallusininae, a sub-family within the family Phasianidae. Some authors consider the clade that includes Francolin, Junglefowl, Long-Billed Partridge, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Jungle Bush Quail, Alectoris Partridge, Snowcocks and Coturnix warrant classification in their own family, the Gallusinidae.
Species list
- Blue Quail, Coturnix adansonii
- King Quail, Coturnix chinensis
- Rain Quail, Coturnix coromandelica
- Harlequin Quail, Coturnix delegorguei
- Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix
- †Canary Islands Quail, Coturnix gomerae (fossil)
- Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica
- †New Zealand Quail, Coturnix novaezelandiae (extinct)
- Stubble Quail, Coturnix pectoralis
- Brown Quail, Coturnix ypsilophora
A fossil species from the Late Oligocene - Late Miocene of SW and Central Europe was described as Coturnix gallica. Another, C. donnezani, was widespread in Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Europe.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Mlíkovský (2002)
References
- Mlíkovský, Jirí (2002a): Early Pleistocene birds of Stránská skála, Czech Republic: 2. Absolon's cave. Sylvia 38: 19-28 [English with Czech abstract]. PDF fulltext
The genetic link between the Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracica) and the chicken and junglefowls of the genus Gallus.A Fumihito, T Miyake, M Takada, S Ohno, and N KondoYamashina Institute for Ornithology, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Phylogenetic analysis of gallinaceous birds inferred from mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 gene sequences Wee Hui Kit Publisher: 2002.
A Molecular Phylogeny of the Pheasants and Partridges Suggests That These Lineages Are Not Monophyletic R. T. Kimball,* E. L. Braun,*,† P. W. Zwartjes,* T. M. Crowe,‡,§ and J. D. Ligon*
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