Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) [XC746381]
by Michael Hurben from Jazan - Route 55 Pivot Fields, Saudi Arabia (song)
Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) [XC650058]
by David Darrell-Lambert from Al Husayni, Sabyaa, Jazan, Saudi Arabia (call)
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.