China: Japanese Quail. Watercolour painting from a gouache album of various Chinese birds, 19th century

China: Japanese Quail. Watercolour painting from a gouache album of various Chinese birds, 19th century.

The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), also known as the coturnix quail, is a species of Old World quail that was first considered a subspecies of the common quail before being considered a separate species. Found across East Asia, it also resides in many parts of Africa and some regions of Europe.

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