Brown Quail bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsSilver Quail, Sombre Quail, Greater Brown Quail, Tasmanian Brown Quail, Swamp Partridge, Swamp or Brown Quail, Swamp Quail, Partridge Quail
Old latin name for birdCoturnix ypsilophora, Synoicus ypsilophora, Coturnix ypsilophorus
OrderСhickens and relatives / Galliformes
FamilyPheasants & Allies / Phasianidae
GenusSynoicus
Breeding regionAustralasia
Breeding subregionc, e Lesser Sundas, n, e New Guinea, Australia (except sc) and Tasmania

Brown Quail bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © John Graff
    Australia
  • 2.
    Song, © Colin Trainor
    East Timor
  • 3.
    Song, © Colin Trainor
    East Timor
  • 4.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
  • 5.
    Call, © Marc Anderson
    Australia
  • 6.
    Song, © Ross Gallardy
    Indonesia
  • 7.
    Various contact notes, © Colin Trainor
    East Timor
  • 8.
    Song, © Colin Trainor
    East Timor
  • 9.
    ?, © Filip Verbelen
    Indonesia
  • 10.
    Call, © nick talbot
    Australia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Brown Quail

Brown Quail subspecies (9)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Synoicus ypsilophorus australisAustralia (except sc, Tasmania)-No
Synoicus ypsilophorus dogwaTrans-Fly (sc New Guinea lowlands)-No
Synoicus ypsilophorus mafulumid-montane e, se New Guinea-No
Synoicus ypsilophorus monticolahigh montane se New Guinea-No
Synoicus ypsilophorus pallidiorSumba and Sawu (=Savu; sw Lesser Sundas)-No
Synoicus ypsilophorus plumbeuslowland ne (Huon Pen.) and se New Guinea-No
Synoicus ypsilophorus raalteniiFlores to Leti, Moa and Luang (e of Timor; c, e Lesser Sundas) and Tanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)-No
Synoicus ypsilophorus saturatiorlowland n New Guinea-No
Synoicus ypsilophorus ypsilophorusTasmania (se Australia)-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
Catalanguatlla bruna
Chinese褐鹌鹑
Chinese (Traditional)褐鶉
Croatianmočvarna prepelica
CzechKrepelka tasmánská, křepelka proměnlivá
DanishSumpvagtel, Brun Vagtel
DutchTasmaanse Bruine Kwartel, Bruine Kwartel
EsperantoBruna koturno
Estoniansoovutt
Finnishsuoviiriäinen
FrenchCaille tasmane, Caille tasmane ou C. australe, Caille australe, Caille marais
GermanTasmanienwachtel, Ypsilonwachtel
IndonesianPuyuh coklat
ItalianQuaglia bruna della Tasmania, Quaglia bruna
Japaneseヌマウズラ
Lithuaniantasmaninė putpelė
Norwegiansumpvaktel, Sumpvaktel, Australsk vaktel, Tasmaniavaktel
Norwegian NynorskSumpvaktel
Polishprzepiórka błotna, przepiórka blotna
Portuguesecodorniz-australiana, codorna-marrom, codorniz-parda
RussianБурый перепел, Коричневый перепел
SerbianAustralijska smeđa prepelica
SlovakPrepelica hnedá, prepelica mokrinová
SpanishCodorniz parda, Codorniz Tasmana, Codorniz de Tasmania
Swedishbrunvaktel, Brun vaktel
TurkishBoz Bıldırcın
Ukrainianперепілка бура