|
| Query: Asian blue quail | Result: 3rd of 4 | |
Button Quail, Dan Cowell
| Resolution: 219x169
File Size: 14318 Bytes
Upload Date: 2008:04:18 15:20:04
|
Button Quail, Dan Cowell
Chinese Painted (Button) Quail, Coturnix chinensis
The tiny Chinese Painted Quail, widely known as the Button Quail, is one of the most widely kept and smallest of all game bird species. They are popular with cage and aviary bird enthusiasts, who use this species to "clean-up" seed spilled by hookbills or finches. You will also see this species in many pet stores, perhaps due to their small, cute size, they are very popular as pet birds.
Button Quail, also known as the Asian Blue Quail, Blue-breasted or King Quail, are found from India and southern China south through Indonesia into New Guinea and northeast Australia in 10 subspecies. It is believed that most birds in US aviculture are from the nominate subspecies,
|
^o^
Animal Pictures Archive for smart phones
^o^
|
|
