Harlequin quail

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)[1]

Scientific 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 [2][3]

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.[4] The species is named after the collector, Adulphe Delegorgue.

## Taxonomy[edit]

Drawing of the head

There are three subspecies:[5][4]

* C. d. arabica Bannerman, 1929 – Southwest Arabian Peninsula
* C. d. delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847 – Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar
* C. d. histrionica Hartlaub, 1849 – São Tomé Island, Gulf of Guinea

## Introductions[edit]

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.[6]

## References[edit]

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. ^ a b 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. doi:10.1002/ece3.8458. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 8717324. PMID 35003693.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harlequin Quail.

* Harlequin quail - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q606076
* Wikispecies: Coturnix delegorguei
* ADW: Coturnix_delegorguei
* Avibase: 0CA903BB0A69F510
* BirdLife: 22678961
* BOLD: 88922
* CoL: YYSK
* BOW: harqua1
* eBird: harqua1
* Euring: 26600
* GBIF: 2474141
* iNaturalist: 820
* IRMNG: 10594101
* ITIS: 176012
* IUCN: 22678961
* NCBI: 9093
* Xeno-canto: Coturnix-delegorguei

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