Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Pheasants and Partridges :: Blue Quail

Blue Quail Coturnix adansonii

Described by: Verreaux, J.; Verreaux, E. (1851)
Alternate common name(s): African Blue Quail, King Quail
Old scientific name(s): Excalfactoria adansonii

Photographs

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Range

Africa s. of the Sahara;
Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, s. Chad, n. Zaire, se. Sudan, sw. Ethiopia s. to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and e. South Afirca (Natal and e. Cape Province).

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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