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Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix
(C. c. coturnix)
| Armenian Name: | Լոր |
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See Plate 21 for Common Quail and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Breeding bird |
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| Abundance: | Common |
| Length: | 16-18 cm, Wing Span:32-35 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 94. |
| Description: | Very small ground-dwelling bird, more often heard than seen. |
| Adult: | Pale yellow-brown overall, densely streaked and barred with dark brown on upperparts. Breast pale orange fading to white on belly; flanks streaked with black, brown, and off-white. Male: head conspicuously striped with blackish throat. Female: head more faintly marked, throat pale, breast has short blackish streaks. |
| Juvenile: | Similar to adult female but head pattern browner and lacks cheek stripe. |
| Similar Species: | Differs from adult Grey Partridge or Chukar by much smaller size and narrower wings. Half-grown (able to fly) partridge or Chukar may be mistaken for Common Quail. |
| Behavior: | Song is best clue to bird's presence; an often-repeated three-note call. |
| Habitat: | Weedy wheat, barley, and oat fields, hay meadows, alpine and subalpine meadows up to 2800 m. |
| Food: | Cereal grains, weed seeds, and insects. |
| Nest: | Shallow depression loosely lined with grass in hayfield, grassland, and cultivated field. |
| Eggs: | 30 mm, 8-16, bluish olive-brown, brown spots. |
