Japanese Quail

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q716869
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Summary

Japanese Quail is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,499 views/month, #1,389 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Coturnix[5]
  • Taxon name: Coturnix japonica[6]
  • Commons category: Coturnix japonica[7]
  • Short name: C. japonica[8]
  • Taxon common name: Japanese Quail[9], Sofliar Japan[10], Japanwachtel[11], Codorniz japonesa[12], Guatlla del Japó[13], křepelka japonská[14], ida-põldvutt[15], Engvaktel[16], Немой перепел[17], ウズラ[18], Japansk Vagtel[19], Japaninviiriäinen[20], Japán fürj[21], Przepiórka japońska[22]
  • Mass: 8 g[23]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[24]
  • Sequenced genome URL: http://www.ensembl.org/Coturnix_japonica[25]
  • Litter size: 9.5[26]

Body

Identifiers

Japanese Quail's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 791[27]. Japanese Quail's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 93934[28]. Japanese Quail's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45515958[29]. Japanese Quail's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2474162[30]. Japanese Quail's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176013[31].

Why It Matters

Japanese Quail has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] ↑ . Ensembl genome database project. wikidata.org.
  29. [26] ↑ . The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Mullanur · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of life id → 45515958
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy',
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1iqHvC
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0393896-japonske-krepelky
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  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Litter size → {'amount': '+9.5'}
    Iucn conservation status → Near Threatened
    Parent taxon → Coturnix
    Diel cycle → diurnality
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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