Quail Facts and Information - Listanimals

Quail is a feathered creature that has a place with the bird family. Quail occupies forests, territories secured with hedges and open spaces. 

Quail Quick Facts

Common Name	Quail
Scientific Name	Coturnix Coturnix
Type	Bird
Skin Type	Feathers
Habitat	Woodland and forest areas
Colour	Brown, Black, White, Blue
Size (H)	11cm - 20cm (4.5in - 7.8in)
Weight	70g - 140g (2.4oz - 4.9oz)
Top Speed	24km/h (15mph)
Diet	Omnivore
Prey	Seeds, Flowers, Insects
Predators	Cats, Snakes, Raccoons
Lifestyle	Solitary
Lifespan	3 - 5 years
Average Clutch Size	6

History of Quail

The reference to quails can be followed back in the old confirmation of Bible. Egyptians were known to get quail for meat. In China, these feathered creatures were raised as pets as singing winged animals.

It is realized that a Japanese Emperor got restored from tuberculosis in the wake of eating quail meat. Subsequently, Japanese individuals began raising quail extensively for meat and egg. Since the wild quails were subdued and reproduced in imprisonment by Japanese individuals, the winged creatures came to known as Japanese quail. 

In India, quail keeping began in 1974 at Ijatnagar, when Central Avian Research Institute, presented improved germ plasm of trained quail assortments from Japan, and afterward in 1983 at Tamil Nadu. There­after, agrarian Universities of Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal; veterinary schools just as animal cultivation office assumed a crucial job in the advancement of quail rearing as a ranch undertaking.

Quail is little flying creature. It can arrive at 4.5 to 7.8 crawls long and 2.4 to 4.9 ounces of weight. 

Quails are secured with earthy colored, dark, white, dim and blue quills. Explicit hue and course of action of plumes make scale-like example on certain pieces of the body.

Certain types of quails have tuft (otherwise called topknot), molded like a tear, on the head. It weaves when feathered creature is strolling. 

Quails can fly short separations, however they invest the greater part of their energy in the ground. 

Quails can be dynamic during the day (diurnal creatures) or night (nighttime creatures), contingent upon the species. 

Quail is an omnivore (eats different creatures and plants). Its eating routine comprises basically of seeds, leaves, wheat, grain, berries and sometimes from grasshoppers and worms. 

Quails produce sharp sounds, snickers and snorts that are utilized for correspondence. 

Quails shower in the residue to dispense with bother from the quills and to keep their plumage clean. 

Quails run when they are compromised. A few animal categories can rapidly arrive at the sky, while some become still when confronted with threat. Certain quails are furnished with heel spikes - hard structure utilized for insurance against predators. 

Fundamental predators of quails are felines, foxes, coyotes, raccoons, falcons, owls and snakes. They chase quails and eat their eggs. 

Certain quails are transitory winged animals, while others go through their whole time on earth on a similar region. 

Quails are single winged animals that can be every so often found two by two. They accumulate in huge groups during the mating season. 

Female lays from 1 to 12 (normally 6) brilliantly hued eggs that bring forth after hatching time of 23 days. 

Chicks of most quail species are precocial. That implies that child winged animals are very much evolved and prepared to leave the home and follow their folks soon after birth. Youthful quails arrive at development at 2 years old months.

Quails can get by from 3 to 5 years in nature.