#0837 · 🐦 birds

Common Quail

🇳🇱 Kwartel ·Coturnix coturnix

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The common quail ( Coturnix coturnix ) or European quail is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae. Coturnix is the Latin for this species.

base stats

NL sightings 13iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,550iNaturalist observations
weight 8.2 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 13 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
4,550 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 8 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Common Quail
Nederlands: Kwartel
scientific name: Coturnix coturnix
class: Aves
order: Galliformes
family: Phasianidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
sightings in NL: 13
sightings in Europe: 2,222
sightings worldwide: 4,550
GBIF records in NL: 27,685
weight: 8.2 g
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1758

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Phasianidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 804, Wikidata Q28358, GBIF 2474156, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.