Japanese Quail
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The Japanese Quail, also known as Coturnix Quail, Coturnix japonica, is a species of Old World Quail
found in East Asia
. They are a migratory species, breeding in Manchuria
, southeastern Siberia
, northern Japan
, and the Korean Peninsula
, and wintering in the south of Japan and southern China. They dwell in grasslands and cultivated fields. The plumage
of the Japanese Quail is a speckled yellow-brown, with a creamy white strip above the eye. Adults are approximately 20 centimeters in length. The species is abundant across most of its range.
The Japanese quail is used mainly for table and egg production, and is a good dual purpose bird.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kannur
under Kerala Agricultural University
has produced video album containing songs and visuals on Japanese Quail production under Creative Extension
series.
Japanese quail eggs have orbited the Earth in several Soviet and Russian spacecraft, including the Bion 5
satellite and the Salyut 6
and Mir
space stations. In March 1990 eggs on Mir were successfully incubated and hatched.
Old World quail
Old World quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds in the pheasant family Phasianidae. New World quail are also found in the Galliformes, but are not in the same family . Buttonquails are not closely related at all, but are named for their similar appearance...
found in East Asia
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...
. They are a migratory species, breeding in Manchuria
Manchuria
Manchuria is a historical name given to a large geographic region in northeast Asia. Depending on the definition of its extent, Manchuria usually falls entirely within the People's Republic of China, or is sometimes divided between China and Russia. The region is commonly referred to as Northeast...
, southeastern Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
, northern Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, and the Korean Peninsula
Korean Peninsula
The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. It extends southwards for about 684 miles from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.Until the end of...
, and wintering in the south of Japan and southern China. They dwell in grasslands and cultivated fields. The plumage
Plumage
Plumage refers both to the layer of feathers that cover a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of plumage vary between species and subspecies and can also vary between different age classes, sexes, and season. Within species there can also be a...
of the Japanese Quail is a speckled yellow-brown, with a creamy white strip above the eye. Adults are approximately 20 centimeters in length. The species is abundant across most of its range.
The Japanese quail is used mainly for table and egg production, and is a good dual purpose bird.
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kannur
Krishi Vigyan Kendra Kannur
- Brief history : is a front line agricultural extension center financed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research . It became functional since 30-03-2004 in the premises of Pepper Research Station, Panniyur under Kerala Agricultural University...
under Kerala Agricultural University
Kerala Agricultural University
Kerala Agricultural University is the primary and the principal instrumentality of the Kerala state in providing human resources, and skills and technology, required for the sustainable development of its agriculture, defined broadly encompassing all production activities based on land and water,...
has produced video album containing songs and visuals on Japanese Quail production under Creative Extension
Creative Extension
The ]] under Kerala Agricultural University near Taliparamba has pioneered a new branch of agricultural extension called “creative extension”.-What is Creative Extension:...
series.
Japanese quail eggs have orbited the Earth in several Soviet and Russian spacecraft, including the Bion 5
Bion 5
Bion 5 was a Bion satellite. It was a biomedical research mission involving scientists from nine countries. Among the experiments was the first attempt to breed mammals in space, which proved unsuccessful...
satellite and the Salyut 6
Salyut 6
Salyut 6 , DOS-5, was a Soviet orbital space station, the eighth flown as part of the Salyut programme. Launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket, the station was the first of the 'second-generation' type of space station. Salyut 6 possessed several revolutionary advances over the earlier...
and Mir
Mir
Mir was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, at first by the Soviet Union and then by Russia. Assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996, Mir was the first modular space station and had a greater mass than that of any previous spacecraft, holding the record for the...
space stations. In March 1990 eggs on Mir were successfully incubated and hatched.
Additional references
Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concernExternal links
- BirdLife Species Factsheet
- Japanese Quails Breeding
- Slovak Commission for Research and Peaceful Uses of Space, with details on Ivan BellaIvan BellaIvan Bella is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space...
's quail experiments on Mir, including photo of zero-gravity chick