bird · Galliformes · Phasianidae

Common Quail

Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Quail, Common/Rain Quail. Occurrence records of the Common Quail are shared on GBIF from around 19 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Verloren Valei Nature Reserve (104 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPhasianidae

19reserves with records

677records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) — Photo: christoph_moning · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Verloren Valei Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	104
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	91
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	91
Ingula Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	79
Himeville Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	71
Plettenberg Bay Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	42
Ntsikeni Nature ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	41
Keurboomsrivier NatuurreservaatNature reserve	WC Western Cape	40
Postberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	30
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	27
Lotheni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	12
Seekoeivlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	FS Free State	11
Loteni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	10
Oorlogskloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	9
Panthera Africa Big Cat SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	7
Gondwana Game ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Umtamvuna Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	4
Namaqua National ParkNational park	NC Northern Cape	2
Anysberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 9 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 6 reserves
Northern Cape: 2 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve
Free State: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Scientific name: Coturnix coturnix
GBIF taxon: 2474156
Wikidata: Q28358

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.