| Synoicus | |
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| S. ypsilophorus | |
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| S. chinensis | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Tribe: | Coturnicini |
| Genus: | Synoicus Gould, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Tetrao ypsilophorus Bosc, 1792 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
Synoicus is a genus of 4 species ofOld World quail.[1]
The species in the genus are distributed throughoutsub-Saharan Africa, tropical Asia, andAustralasia. Two of the four species in the genus were originally classified inExcalfactoria, one was classified inAnurophasis, and one was classified inCoturnix. Several phylogenetic studies found these species to all group together into a single genus, which was followed by theInternational Ornithological Congress in 2021.[1][2][3][4]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Brown quail
| Synoicus ypsilophorus (Bosc, 1792) | MainlandAustralia,Tasmania andPapua New Guinea; introduced toNew Zealand andFiji | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Snow Mountain quail
| Synoicus monorthonyx (van Oort, 1910) | Snow andStar Mountains,West Papua (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| King quail
| Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | India andSri Lanka east toTaiwan, south to easternAustralia | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Blue quail
| Synoicus adansonii (Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851) | Sub-Saharan Africa, fromZambia north toEthiopia, and west toSierra Leone | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
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