GALLIFORMES of Asia
Galliformes are heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game birds. Most are plump-bodied with thick necks and moderately long legs, and have rounded and rather short wings. They do not fly well if at all, but walk and run instead for transportation. These birds vary greatly in size from 12-120 cm. Many adult males have one to several sharp horny spurs on the back of each leg, which they use for fighting. They can be found worldwide and in a variety of habitats, including forests, deserts, and meadows. Male courtship behavior includes elaborate visual displays of plumage. Gallinaceous birds feed on a variety of plant and animal material, which may include fruits, seeds, leaves, shoots, flowers, tubers, roots, insects, snails, worms, lizards, snakes, small rodents, and eggs. [abstracted from Wikipedia]
Old World Quail
Order Galliformes Family Phasianidae
Old World quails are ground living species. They are generally plump, with broad relatively short wings. The legs are short and powerful, and have spurs, unlike the Old World quails, There is generally sexual dimorphism in size, with males tending to be larger than females. Males of the larger species often have brightly colored plumage as well as facial ornamentations such as wattles or crests.
New World Quails and Old World Quails are not closely related, but because of convergent evolution they have similar appearances and behavior.
Genus Coturnix
Quail, Japanese Coturnix japonica Found: Asia
Photographed by: 1) Igrid Taylor
Quail, Asian Blue aka
Chinese Painted Quail Coturnix chinensis Found: southeast Asia
There are approximately 10 different subspeices of this quail.
Photographed by:
1, 4) Dick Daniels -
Butterfly World in Florida
2, 3, 5) Dick -
Butterfly World in Florida



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