Brown quail
Synoicus ypsilophorus (Bosc, 1792)
Status not recordedbirds
The brown quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus) is a species in the family Phasianidae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh about 107.7 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
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Quick facts about the brown quail
- Weight
- 107.7 g
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Granivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grassland
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrial
- Migration
- Sedentary
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the brown quail live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The brown quail is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the brown quail endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the brown quail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGalliformes
- familyPhasianidae
- genusSynoicus
- SpeciesSynoicus ypsilophorus (Bosc, 1792)
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- Swamp quailEnglish
- سمان بنيArabic
- guatlla brunaCatalan
- křepelka proměnliváCzech
- Brun VagtelDanish
- TasmanienwachtelGerman
- bruna koturnoEsperanto
- Codorniz TasmanaSpanish
- soovuttEstonian
- suoviiriäinenFinnish
- Caille tasmaneFrench
- močvarna prepelicaCroatian
- Puyuh coklatIndonesian
- Quaglia brunaItalian
- ヌマウズラJapanese
- tasmaninė putpelėLithuanian
- KoeraMāori
- Bruine KwartelDutch
- sumpvaktelNorwegian
- przepiórka błotnaPolish
- codorniz-pardaPortuguese
- Бурый перепелRussian
- prepelica mokrinováSlovak
- Australijska smeđa prepelicaSerbian
- brunvaktelSwedish
- Boz BıldırcınTurkish
- перепілка бураUkrainian
- 褐鶉Chinese
- سمان المستنقعArabic
- Codorniz de TasmaniaSpanish
- Quaglia della TasmaniaItalian
- codorniz-australianaPortuguese
- 褐鵪鶉Chinese
- 褐鹌鹑Chinese
Relatives of the brown quail
Other species in the same genus Synoicus.
King quail
Synoicus chinensis
Blue quail
Synoicus adansonii
Snow mountain quail
Synoicus monorthonyx
CompareBrown quail vs King quailBrown quail vs Blue quailBrown quail vs Snow mountain quail
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the brown quail?
An adult brown quail weighs 107.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the brown quail live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown quail for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the brown quail?
The brown quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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