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Photo by Alan Manson
Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Coturnix coturnix

[edit] Identification

17 cm. Brown streaks, white eyestripe, long wings; male - black chin.

[edit] Distribution

Eurasia and Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Coturnix coturnix has five subspecies:

• C. c. coturnix;
• C. c. conturbans;
• C. c. inopinata;
• C. c. erlangeri; and
• C. c. africana.

[edit] Habitat

Grassland.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects and seeds.

6-18 eggs are laid in a ground nest, and incubated for 16-18 days.

[edit] Vocalisation

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