Rain quail

Weight

73.8 g

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Granivore

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grassland

Egg incubation

18.5 days

Young per litter or clutch

5

Lifestyle

Terrestrial

Migration

Partial

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderGalliformes
5. familyPhasianidae
6. genusCoturnix
7. SpeciesCoturnix coromandelica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

Synonyms Coturnix textilis, Perdix olivacea, Tetrao coromandelicus

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Common quail

Coturnix coturnix

Phasianidae

J

Japanese quail

Coturnix japonica

PhasianidaeNo free photo yet

H

Harlequin quail

Coturnix delegorguei

PhasianidaeNo free photo yet

N

New Zealand quail

Coturnix novaezelandiae

PhasianidaeNo free photo yet

S

Stubble quail

Coturnix pectoralis

PhasianidaeNo free photo yet

CompareRain quail vs Common quailRain quail vs Japanese quailRain quail vs Harlequin quailRain quail vs New Zealand quail

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@misc{rain_quail_2026,
  title = {Rain quail (Coturnix coromandelica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rain-quail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}