• Synonyms Partridge Quail, Swamp Quail, Swamp or Brown Quail, Silver Quail, Sombre Quail, Greater Brown Quail, Tasmanian Brown Quail, Swamp Partridge
  • Old latin name for bird Synoicus ypsilophora, Coturnix ypsilophora, Coturnix ypsilophorus

Brown Quailbird sounds *

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

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Where to see Brown Quail

  • Breeding region Australasia
  • Breeding subregion c, e Lesser Sundas, n, e New Guinea, Australia (except sc) and Tasmania

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

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Catalanguatlla bruna
Chinese褐鹌鹑
Chinese (Traditional)褐鶉
Croatianmočvarna prepelica
CzechKrepelka tasmánská, křepelka proměnlivá
DanishBrun Vagtel, Sumpvagtel
DutchBruine Kwartel, Tasmaanse 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
NorwegianTasmaniavaktel, sumpvaktel, Australsk vaktel
Norwegian NynorskSumpvaktel
Polishprzepiórka błotna, przepiórka blotna
PortugueseCodorna-marrom, codorniz-australiana
RussianБурый перепел, Коричневый перепел
SerbianAustralijska smeđa prepelica
SlovakPrepelica hnedá, prepelica mokrinová
SpanishCodorniz de Tasmania, Codorniz Tasmana, Codorniz parda
Swedishbrunvaktel, Brun vaktel
TurkishBoz Bıldırcın
Ukrainianперепілка бура