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(Redirected from Coturnix delegorguei) Species of bird The Montezuma quail of Central America and the southwestern U.S. is sometimes called the harlequin quail.

Harlequin quail
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Coturnix
Species: C. delegorguei
Binomial name
Coturnix delegorguei
Delegorgue, 1847
Synonyms

Coturnix fornasini Bianconi 1865

The harlequin quail (Coturnix delegorguei) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It occurs in sub-Saharan Africa and in the Arabian Peninsula. The species is named after the collector, Adulphe Delegorgue.

Taxonomy

Drawing of the head

There are three subspecies:

Introductions

The uncontrolled introduction of domestic Japanese quail breeds into Kenya, as well as a noticeable population size reduction of wild African harlequin quail numbers in parts of Western Kenya has been reported.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Coturnix delegorguei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678961A92796214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678961A92796214.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Bianconi, J. Josephi (1864). "Specimina zoologica Mosambicana. Fasciculus XIV". Memorie della Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. 2 (in Latin). 4: 519 at 521–522.
  3. Ogilvie-Grant, William Robert (1892). "Notes on the Genus Coturnix". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6. 10 (56): 173. doi:10.1080/00222939208677386.
  4. ^ Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018
  5. "Coturnix delegorguei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  6. Ogada, Stephen; Otecko, Newton O.; Moraa Kennedy, Grace; Musina, John; Agwanda, Bernard; Obanda, Vincent; Lichoti, Jacqueline; Peng, Min-Sheng; Ommeh, Sheila (December 2021). "Demographic history and genetic diversity of wild African harlequin quail ( Coturnix delegorguei delegorguei ) populations of Kenya". Ecology and Evolution. 11 (24): 18562–18574. Bibcode:2021EcoEv..1118562O. doi:10.1002/ece3.8458. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 8717324. PMID 35003693.

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Taxon identifiers
Coturnix delegorguei


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