Quail species...

[Beth Mantle <>]

Hi Dimitris,

I think it is a female King Quail.  I used to keep them in an aviary and as soon as I saw your photo I recognised it.  Just to be sure, I googled images of King Quails and she looks identical.  King Quail are smaller than Brown Quail, but I realise that estimating size in the field can be tricky unless you have something of known size to compare the bird to.

Cheers,

Beth.

On 10/03/2008, at 11:09 AM, Dimitris Bertzeletos wrote:

Hello everyone,
 
Was flicking through some of my photos and stumbled upon this one (see attachment).
 
At the time I ided it as a female Stubble Quail but I don't think it is anymore and I can
t make it into any Button Quail, Brown Quail or King Quail either so probably an escape (well it was coming to my feeder in an urban area)... Eye was black and appeared slightly larger then a Brown Quail.
 
Apart from this photo I have a few others (one without flash), plus a short video were it calls, (a quick "pi-e-prit!...I think)). 
 
I'll post more photos later if required...
 
Thanks in advance!
 
Dimitris

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