BirdUp · Species
King Quail
Synoicus chinensis(Linnaeus, 1766)
Also known asDhurr-ga
- Order
- GALLIFORMES
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Synoicus
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The king quail, also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi, is a very small, diminutive galliform of the tribe Coturnicini in the subfamily Phasianinae. They are the smallest member in this subfamily and the family Phasianidae, as well as being the smallest and lightest member of the order Galliformes. It is quite common in aviculture worldwide, where it is commonly erroneously referred to as the "button quail", which is the name of an only very distantly related family of birds, the buttonquails. Its voice is a piping whistle, ti-yu or ti-ti-yu. It also gives sharp cheeps or a tir-tir-tir sound when flushed.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- North and east Australia; Oriental Region
- Non-breeding range
- Resident
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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