King quail: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the king quail lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Synoicus chinensis
Group	Pheasants, grouse & game birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	17 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Oceania
Class	Bird
Order	Galliformes
Family	Phasianidae

Where does the king quail live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the king quail in 17 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, Indonesia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the king quail endangered?

The king quail’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the king quail?

The king quail (Synoicus chinensis) is a bird in the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae, genus Synoicus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the king quail

The king quail (Synoicus chinensis), also known as the Asian blue quail, blue-breasted quail, Chinese painted quail, button quail, or Chung-Chi, is a very small, diminutive galliform of the tribe Coturnicini in the subfamily Phasianinae. They are the smallest member in this subfamily and the family Phasianidae, as well as being the smallest and lightest member of the order Galliformes. It is quite common in aviculture worldwide, where it is sometimes referred to as the "button quail", although it is not closely related to the family of birds called buttonquails. Its voice is a piping whistle, ti-yu or ti-ti-yu. It also gives sharp cheeps or a tir-tir-tir sound when flushed.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article King quail (revision 1381244090), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27043839 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).