Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) [XC399474]
by David Darrell-Lambert from kwakilusu,oloitoktok, Kenya (call)
Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) [XC810900]
by Gregory Askew from Gwassi South (near Magunga), Gwassi, Homa Bay County, Kenya (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 - Sío Tomé, Gulf of Guinea.