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Quail is a collective name for several genera o mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes.
Quail | |
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Broun quail, Coturnix ypsilophora | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Faimily: | Phasianidae, Odontophoridae |
Mony quail are noo fermed fur fuid, an their eggs are eaten an aw; in 2007, 40 million quail wir producit in the Unitit States o America., where they are huntit in the wild an aw.[1] In the Unitit Kinrick wild quail is at risk (amber) Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the Red List for Birds (2021) an is protectit by law.[2]
A flock o quail is cawed (in Inglis) a covey,[3] or a bevy.[4]
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