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Common quail

Coturnix coturnix

名字的由来： 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

只是会疼会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

其他有毒动物

吃了有毒吃：什么都来一点碰了或吃了有毒，不注射毒液

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

有毒还是有毒液？有毒液的动物通过咬或蜇注入毒液。有毒的动物是碰了或吃了会受害。这一种是碰了或吃了有害的。

生活在

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

欧洲, 亚洲, 非洲

首页

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

长度

16 cm到18 cm (6.3 in到7.1 in)1

体重

70 g到140 g (2.5 oz到5 oz)1

最高速度

约 40 公里/小时（25 英里/小时）

飞行, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

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.

怎样认出它

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

常被误认为： 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

毒力

吃了有毒

只有被什么东西吃掉时才有害。

它的毒会造成什么？

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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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它

如果有人吃了它，或吃后出现症状：立刻拨打急救电话或中毒急救中心。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果你碰了或吃了它：不要揉眼睛或嘴巴，洗手并就医。

它不是冲着你来的。它的毒只是为了不被吃掉。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

它有多重？

和 1 根香蕉一样重

和 6 块玩具积木排成一排一样长9.5 秒就能飞过一整个足球场

Common quail和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

一个全力冲刺的人 约 37 公里/小时 (23 mph)

Common quail 约 40 公里/小时 (25 mph)

一辆在城里开的汽车 约 50 公里/小时 (31 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

给毒液专家

学名: Coturnix coturnix
类别: 其他有毒动物
家人: Phasianidae2
排序: Galliformes
大洲: 欧洲, 亚洲, 非洲
宝宝: 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
它在野外过得怎么样: Least concern (IUCN)1
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3