Editing Common quail (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Common quail
| image = Coturnix coturnix, Fraunberg, Bayern, Deutschland 1, Ausschnitt.jpg
| image2 = Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) (W1CDR0001390 BD1).ogg
| image2_caption = Male (nominate subsp.) in Germany, and the advertising call in England
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Coturnix coturnix'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22678944A131904485 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22678944A131904485.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> (Global) 
| status2 = NT
| status2_system = IUCN3.1
| status2_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Coturnix coturnix'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22678944A131904485 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22678944A131904485.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> (Europe)
| genus = Coturnix
| species = coturnix
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms = *''Tetrao coturnix'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}}
| range_map = CoturnixCoturnixIUCNver2019-2.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''C. coturnix''{{leftlegend|#00FF00|Breeding|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#008000|Resident|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#007FFF|Non-breeding|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#FF80FF|Possible extinct & Introduced|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#FFFF00|Extant & Introduced (resident)|outline=gray}}
}}

The '''common quail''' ('''''Coturnix coturnix'''''), or '''European quail''', is a small ground-nesting [[Galliformes|game bird]] in the pheasant family [[Phasianidae]]. It is mainly migratory, breeding in the western [[Palearctic]] and wintering in Africa and southern India.

With its characteristic call of three repeated chirps (repeated three times in quick succession), this species of [[quail]] is more often heard than seen. It is widespread in Europe and North Africa, and is categorised by the IUCN as "least concern". It should not be confused with the [[Japanese quail]] (''Coturnix japonica)'', native to Asia, which, although visually similar, has a call that is very distinct from that of the common quail. Like the Japanese quail, common quails are sometimes kept as [[poultry]].