Coturnix coturnix
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Wikispecies has information related to:
- ITIS link: Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758)
- IUCN link: Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758) (Least Concern)
- Note: Coturnix japonica is also widely kept in poultry farms; some of the images below of captive birds may be this, not Coturnix coturnix.
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[edit] Photos
.jpg) Coturnix coturnix, female |
 Wachtel |
 In captivity |
-1.JPG) Captive at Warsaw Zoo |
[edit] Illustrations
 Male (cropped image) |
 Coturnix coturnix from NAUMANN. Male and female with young. |
 From a 1914 reference work |
 Common Quail, reference work entry |
 Quail at the foot of the madonna |
[edit] Hieroglyphs
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Single bird and additional variants. Egyptian hieroglyph: Quail Chick—(en:Gardiner's Sign List)
 Deux poussins de caille, Antiquité égyptienne du musée du Louvre |
 Wall relief of a quail chick, temple of Edfu, Egypt |
 Relieffragment zweier Prinzessinen, Ägyptisches Museum Berlin/Altes Museum |
 Two princesses with Sistra, from Theben West |
 Horus name of the pharaoh Khufu, from Bubastis |
 Hypostyle hall in Karnak temple |
 Serekht of Menkhau |
 "Keftiu" depicted as captive enemy, named below. |
 Suphis hieroglyph |
 Sneferu stele, Temple of the Bent Pyramid, Dahshur. Egypt Museum in Cairo. |
 Hieroglyph with cartouche, Egyptian Museum |
 Close-up of the hieroglyph km.t, Kemet, Egypt on the en:Luxor Obelisk. |
[edit] Eggs
 Common Quail eggs |
 Common Quail eggs, compared to chicken and ostrich eggs |
 Eggs of Coturnix coturnix compared with a chicken egg |
 Quail eggs from the hypermarket |
 Quail eggs, species not specified |
 Common Quail egg at bottom left, no 34 |
 Common Quail egg |
 Quail eggs with potato galettes |
 Quail eggs vs. chicken egg |
[edit] Meat
 Quail meat |
 Quails browning in pan |
 Quails roasted and flambéed with cognac |
 Caille en Sarcophage: Quail in Puff Pastry Shell with Foie Gras and Truffle Sauce |
 Caille en Sarcophage: Quail in Puff Pastry Shell with Foie Gras, Truffle Sauce and Salad |
