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Coturnix

  • Coturnix

    Coturnix is a genus of five extant species and five to eight known extinct species of Old World quail.

    1/ Rain quail or black-breasted quail ( Cay Ấn Độ or Cút mưa, Coturnix coromandelica)
    2/ Japanese quail (Cay Nhật Bản, Coturnix japonica)

    galliformes derives from "gallus", Latin for "rooster". 
    Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
    Coturnix is the Latin for the common quail.

  • Japanese Quail

    Japanese quail (Cay Nhật Bản, Coturnix japonica)

    The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), also known as the coturnix quail, is a species of Old World quail found in East Asia.