Rain Quail (Coturnix coromandelica)

Other Names (World)
Rain Quail, Black breasted Quail

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
16.50 - 18.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland, temperate grassland and shrubland. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.

Pakistan east to Burma and western Thailand and south through India. Recent record from southern Vietnam would extend range to south-eastern considerably.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Rain Quail (Coturnix coromandelica) [XC430880]
by Ding Li Yong from Thooni Jailalpura, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India (call)

Rain Quail (Coturnix coromandelica) [XC753094]
by Martin Fowlie from Sambuor Meas (near Phnom Penh), Moukh Kampoul, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (song)

Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Rain Quail (Coturnix coromandelica) - 10 files

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