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Common quail

Coturnix coturnix

名字的由來： The scientific name Coturnix coturnix repeats the Latin word for the common quail. The English word quail may come from a Germanic or Old French word that imitates the bird's cry.1

只是會痛會痛，但不會對你造成嚴重傷害。

其他有毒動物

吃了會中毒吃：每樣都來一點有毒（碰或吃會中毒），不是有毒液

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

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

有毒還是有毒液？有毒液的動物會用咬或螫把毒液注入身體。有毒的動物則是碰到或吃下去會有害。這種動物是有毒的（碰或吃會中毒）。

分布在

Breeds across Europe and North Africa, through to Mongolia and north India; winters in Africa and southern India1

歐洲, 亞洲, 非洲

首頁

It is a ground bird that keeps hidden in crops and other vegetation. It feeds on the ground and is more often heard than seen.1

長度

16 cm 到 18 cm (6,3 in 到 7,1 in)1

體重

70 g 到 140 g (2,5 oz 到 5 oz)1

最高速度

大約 40 km/h（25 mph）

飛行, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It eats seeds, including weed seeds and cereal gleanings, and insects such as beetles, true bugs, ants, earwigs and grasshoppers, along with their larvae. It finds all of these on the ground.1

Common quail 的照片 — Common quail。照片：anonymous。 CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎麼認出牠

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

常被誤認為： 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

毒素力量

吃了會中毒

只有被吃下去時才有害。

牠的毒素有什麼作用？

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

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 疼痛可能會非常痛，但幾乎從來不會很嚴重。

One in four people who eat poisonous quail meat become ill with coturnism. The illness can lead to kidney failure.1

牠害怕時會做什麼？

When flushed, it keeps low and soon drops back into cover. It would rather creep away than fly.1

如果有人碰了或吃了牠

如果有人吃了牠，或吃了之後出現症狀：立刻打緊急電話或打給毒物諮詢中心。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果你碰了或吃了牠：不要揉眼睛或摸嘴巴，把手洗乾淨，並且就醫。

牠不是想來抓你。牠的毒只是為了不讓別的動物吃掉牠。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多重？

跟 1 根香蕉一樣重

跟 6 塊玩具積木排成一排一樣長可以在 9,5 秒內飛過一整座足球場

Common quail 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一個正在衝刺的人 大約 37 km/h (23 mph)

Common quail 大約 40 km/h (25 mph)

市區裡的汽車 大約 50 km/h (31 mph)

值得知道

小知識

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

給毒液專家

學名: Coturnix coturnix
類群: 其他有毒動物
家人: Phasianidae2
排序: Galliformes
各大洲: 歐洲, 亞洲, 非洲
寶寶: 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
牠在野外的狀況: Least concern (IUCN)1
對人的危險: 2 / 5: 疼痛3