- Quails have high reproductive potentials, with 12 to 15 eggs laid
per clutch.
- The nests are built on the ground in vegetation.
- The female does the major portion of incubation and rearing.
- Quails are extremely popular game birds.).
- They eat harmful insects and seeds and travel in flocks called coveys.
- Quails are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata,
class Aves, order Galliformes, family Phasianidae.
- Quail (European) have been bred domestically for over 4,000 years.
- Forward-facing plume on top of head (topknot).
- Belly scaled with buff and black.
- Size: 24-27 cm (9-11 in)
- Wingspan: 32-37 cm (13-15 in)
- Weight: 140-230 g (4.94-8.12 ounces)
- Sex Differences - Male more boldly patterned.
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