Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei)

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
Delegorgue, 1847

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland. From sea-level - 1,850 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola (B), Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea (B), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, S�o Tom� e Principe, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Gambia, Ghana, Lesotho, Oman.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (36)...)

Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) [XC815346]
by Gregory Askew from Alsaruriyah, Abu \u02bdArish, Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia (call)

Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) [XC896583]
by Peter Boesman from Alsaruriyah, Abu \u02bdArish, Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Rain Quail (Coturnix coromandelica).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

arabica Bannerman, 1929 - Southern Arabia.
delegorguei Delegorgue, 1847 - Ivory Coast to Ethiopia and south to South Africa (eastern Cape Province), excluding forest belt and arid south-western Africa; apparently only migrant to western Africa.
histrionica Hartlaub, 1849 - S�o Tom�, Gulf of Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) - 10 files

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