Listen to the Rain quail
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About the Rain quail
The Rain quail is a bird in the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 75 g.
What does the Rain quail sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The rain quail or black-breasted quail (Coturnix coromandelica) is a species of quail found in the Indian Sub-continent and South-east Asia; its range including Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Related birds in the genus Coturnix
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Rain quail sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Rain quail on this page, including its call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Rain quail endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Rain quail as “least concern”.
What family does the Rain quail belong to?
The Rain quail (Coturnix coromandelica) belongs to the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.
Sources & credits
- Rain Quail - Coturnix coromandelica by Iamsalin – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Divar Island, North Goa, Goa, India by Mike Prince – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q944167 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Rain quail – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Vinayak Yardi – CC BY 4.0