Synoicus | |
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S. ypsilophorus | |
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S. chinensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Tribe: | Coturnicini |
Genus: | Synoicus Gould, 1843 |
Type species | |
Tetrao ypsilophorus Bosc, 1792 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Synoicus is a genus of 4 species of Old World quail. [1]
The species in the genus are distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, tropical Asia, and Australasia. Two of the four species in the genus were originally classified in Excalfactoria, one was classified in Anurophasis , and one was classified in Coturnix . Several phylogenetic studies found these species to all group together into a single genus, which was followed by the International Ornithological Congress in 2021. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Brown quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus (Bosc, 1792) | Mainland Australia, Tasmania and Papua New Guinea; introduced to New Zealand and Fiji | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Snow Mountain quail | Synoicus monorthonyx (van Oort, 1910) | Snow and Star Mountains, West Papua (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea![]() | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
King quail | Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | India and Sri Lanka east to Taiwan, south to eastern Australia | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
Blue quail | Synoicus adansonii (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851) | Sub-Saharan Africa, from Zambia north to Ethiopia, and west to Sierra Leone | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
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