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quail

{{Short description|Index of birds with the same name}}

{{Other uses|Quail (disambiguation)}}

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| image_alt = Brown quail ("Coturnix ypsilophora")

| image_caption = Brown quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus)

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File:Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) (W1CDR0001390 BD1).ogg (Coturnix coturnix)]]

File:Quial Bird in Shankipara, Mymensingh.jpg, Bangladesh]]

Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes. The collective noun for a group of quail is a flock, covey,[http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm USGS - Animal Congregations, or What Do You Call a Group] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320071411/http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/about/faqs/animals/names.htm |date=March 20, 2015 }} or bevy."[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bevy Bevy]", Merriam-Webster.com.

Old World quail are placed in the family Phasianidae, and New World quail are placed in the family Odontophoridae. The species of buttonquail are named for their superficial resemblance to quail, and form the family Turnicidae in the order Charadriiformes. The king quail, an Old World quail, often is sold in the pet trade, and within this trade is commonly, though mistakenly, referred to as a "button quail". Many of the common larger species are farm-raised for table food or egg consumption, and are hunted on game farms or in the wild, where they may be released to supplement the wild population, or extend into areas outside their natural range. In 2007, 40 million quail were produced in the United States.{{cite book|title=2007 Census of Agriculture: United States Summary and State Data Volume 1 • Geographic Area Series • Part 51 AC-07-A-51|date=February 2009|publisher=USDA|page=423|url=http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/usv1.pdf|access-date=2014-02-04|archive-date=2017-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201132158/https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Full_Report/usv1.pdf|url-status=dead}}

New World

Old World

In culture and religion

  • Quails were depicted in ancient Egyptian paintings, the quail drawing in hieroglyphics is equal to the letter "O"https://www.omlet.co.uk/guide/quails/about_quail/history/
  • In the letter of Shepsi to his mother, one of the Egyptian letters to the dead, her wrote reminding her of all the good deeds he performed during her lifetime. Saying … you said to me, your son, “you shall bring me some quails that I may eat them” and I, your son, then brought you seven quails and you ate them …,
  • Quails were mentioned in all three Abrahamic religions in the Old Testament. It was mentioned several times, for example: in Exodus (16:13-15) “That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning, there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat”

Psalm (78:30-31) mentioned

that many Israelites died after eating quail mentioning “But before they turned from what

they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths, God’s anger rose against them; he

put to death the sturdiest among them”

In the Quran in surah taha verse 80 “ O Children of Israel! We saved you from your enemy, and made an appointment with you on the right side of Mount Ṭûr, and sent down to you manna and quails”

https://cguaa.journals.ekb.eg/article_246947_9b6a87f9318c6a0480b9fdea8ba672d5.pdf

  • The neighbourhood near the Giza pyramid complex that includes the horse stables and tourist gift shops is called "Nazlet el Semman" which means "Quails landing" it got that name because quail birds would descend to the area during their seasonal migrationhttps://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/01/21/the-stables-of-nazlet-el-semman/https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://www.vetogate.com/5209619

Quail in cookery

{{main|Quail as food}}

Quail that have fed on hemlock (e.g., during migration) may induce acute kidney injury due to accumulation of toxic substances from the hemlock in the meat; this problem is referred to as "coturnism".{{cite journal |vauthors=Tsironi M, Andriopoulos P, Xamodraka E, etal |title=The patient with rhabdomyolysis: have you considered quail poisoning? |journal=CMAJ |volume=171 |issue=4 |pages=325–6 |year=2004 |pmid=15313988 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.1031256|pmc=509041}}

See also

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References

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External links

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