Species profile—Synoicus chinensis (king quail)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Phasianidae (pheasants and quail) → Synoicus chinensis (king quail)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Phasianidae (pheasants and quail)
- Scientific name
- Synoicus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Common name
- king quail
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1698
- Synonym(s)
- Coturnix chinensis
Excalfactoria chinensis - Alternate name(s)
- blue-breasted quail
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1698.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
