Coturnix

Coturnix is a genus of Old World quail in Phasianidae.

Species list

 * Rain Quail, Coturnix coromandelica
 * Harlequin Quail, Coturnix delegorguei
 * Common Quail, Coturnix coturnix
 * †Canary Islands Quail, Coturnix gomerae (fossil)
 * Japanese Quail, Coturnix japonica
 * †New Zealand Quail, Coturnix novaezelandiae (extinct)
 * Stubble Quail, Coturnix pectoralis
 * Brown Quail, Coturnix ypsilophora

A fossil species from the Late Oligocene - Late Miocene of SW and Central Europe was described as Coturnix gallica. Another, C. donnezani, was widespread in Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Europe.

Now Excalfactoria :
 * Blue Quail, Excalfactoria adansonii
 * King Quail, Excalfactoria chinensis