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King Quail
Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Aves - birds »  order Galliformes »  family Phasianidae - pheasants and allies »  genus Synoicus

Scientific synonyms

Tetrao chinensis Linnaeus, 1766
Excalfactoria chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Coturnix chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Other names

= Asian Blue Quail
= Blue-breasted Quail

Least Concern LC

Images

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

male

Author: Ing. Petr Pivoňka

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

male

Author: Ondřej Šťastník

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

female

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

male

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

female

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

male

Author: Jirka Schmidt

egg

juvenile animal

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

Author: Klaus Rudloff

nest

Synoicus chinensis - King Quail

female

Author: Tomáš Najer

Taxon in country check-lists*

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Included taxa

Number of records: 6

subspecies Synoicus chinensis chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
subspecies Synoicus chinensis colletti (Mathews, 1912)
subspecies Synoicus chinensis lepidus (Hartlaub, 1879)
subspecies Synoicus chinensis lineatus (Scopoli, 1786)
subspecies Synoicus chinensis trinkutensis (Richmond, 1902)
subspecies Synoicus chinensis victoriae (Mathews, 1912)

Links and literature

EN Bird Life 3 [22678979]

Bird Life [http://www.birdlife.org] [as Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)]
Data retrieved on: 3 December 2018
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [22678979]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Australian Faunal Directory [2481f9e1-587b-46da-883e-ce4e38fac9e3]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Excalfactoria chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)]
Data retrieved on: 2 February 2015
EN Gill F., Donsker D. & Rasmussen P. (eds): IOC World Bird List 11.1 [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/] [as Excalfactoria chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)]
Data retrieved on: 4 December 2021
EN del Hoyo J., Elliott A., Sargatal J., Christie D.A. & de Juana E. (eds.).: Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) Alive [https://www.hbw.com/], Lynx Edicions, Barcelona [as Synoicus chinensis Linnaeus, 1766]
Data retrieved on: 27 November 2018
CZ Hudec K. et al. (2003): Soustava a české názvosloví ptáků světa, Muzeum Komenského v Přerově. 462 pp. [as Coturnix chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)]
CZ EN Čížek V. et al. (2021-23): České názvosloví ptáků světa 05c, NK ČSO [as Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)]
Data retrieved on: 28 March 2024
EN Clements, J. F.: eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world 6.7, Cornell Lab of Ornithology [as Coturnix chinensis]
Data retrieved on: 7 April 2013

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