Common quail
The common quail is a small, plump ground-nesting bird. It breeds across Europe and North Africa and spends the winter in Africa and southern India. Its meat can be poisonous, so it is a bird where a little knowledge matters.1

Engeri y'okukitegeera
- A small, compact bird about 16 to 18 cm long1
- Streaked brown plumage with a white eyestripe1
- Males have a white chin1
- Long wings, unlike most game birds1
- A call of three repeated chirps, and the male's song sounds like 'wet-my-lips'1
Kitera okutabulwa ne: The Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), native to Asia, looks very similar. Its call is very different from that of the common quail, which is the best way to tell them apart.1
Amaanyi g'obutwa
Kya kabi bwokka singa ekintu kikirya.
Obutwa bwakyo bukola ki?
This bird is not venomous. Its meat can be poisonous if the birds have eaten certain plants, although which plants is still debated. The resulting illness, called coturnism, causes muscle soreness and may lead to kidney failure.1
Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?
Akabi eri abantu: Kya bulumiKisobola okuluma ddala, naye kumpi tekiba kya kabi kinene.One in four people who eat poisonous quail meat become ill with coturnism. The illness can lead to kidney failure.1
Kikola ki nga kitidde?
When flushed, it keeps low and soon drops back into cover. It would rather creep away than fly.1
Omuntu bw'aba nga akikutteko oba akiridde
- Omuntu bw'aba nga akiridde oba alina obubonero oluvannyuma lw'okukirya: kuba amangu ddala ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze oba ekifo ekikola ku butwa (poison centre).
Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi
Weekuume
- Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
- Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
- Bw'oba okikutteko oba okiridde: tokolokota maaso go wadde akamwa, naaza engalo zo era funa obuyambi bw'abasawo.
Tekikunoonya. Obutwa bwakyo buliwo bwokka tewabaawo kikirya. Ebirala ku kwekuuma
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Kinene kyenkana wa?
Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?
Kizitowa kyenkana wa?
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Ebituufu
Huge numbers are caught in nets along the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. An estimated 12.9 million birds were caught across Egypt in 2012 during the autumn migration.1
In 1537, Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, developed a strong craving for quail. Courtiers and diplomats abroad were ordered to find supplies for her.1
The Book of Numbers in the Bible describes a huge mass of quails blown in by a wind, which the Israelites took as meat in the wilderness.1
Common quails are strongly migratory, unlike most game birds.1
The young can leave the nest and feed themselves shortly after hatching, and they stay with the family group for 30 to 50 days.1
Ku bakugu mu busagwa
- Erinnya erya ssaayansi
- Coturnix coturnix
- Ekibinja
- Ensolo endala ez'obutwa
- Amaka
- Phasianidae2
- Ensengeka
- Galliformes
- Ssemazinga
- Bulaaya, Asiya, Afirika
- Abaana abawere
- The female lays a clutch of 8 to 13 eggs, one every 24 hours, in a shallow scrape on the ground. The chicks hatch together after 17 to 20 days and can feed themselves soon after hatching.1
- Kiri kitya mu nsiko
- Least concern (IUCN)1
- Akabi eri abantu
- 2 / 5: Kya bulumi3
Ebituufu we biva
- Common quail (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Coturnix coturnix (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
- Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.
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