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.
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