Brown Quail
Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,926
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The brown quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus), also known as the swamp quail, silver quail and Tasmanian quail, is an Australasian true quail of the family Phasianidae. It is a small, ground-dwelling bird and is native to mainland Australia, Tasmania and Papua New Guinea and has been introduced to New Zealand and Fiji. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the brown quail is evaluated as being of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Brown quail”.