🐔Common Quail
Vagtel (Coturnix coturnix), også kendt som almindelig vagtel, er en fugl i fasanfamilien. Vagtlen er en lille, omkring 17 centimeter høj fugl. Den er vanskelig at få øje på, både på grund af fjerdragtens kamuflerende farve, og fordi den oftest skjuler sig i højt græs. Vagtlen er en trækfugl og har lange vinger sammenlignet med andre hønsefugle. Vagtlen kan forveksles med fasanhunnen, som dog er større og har længere hale. Den kan også ligne en agerhøne, som ligeledes er større, omend den i form minder mere om vagtlen, end en fasan gør. Dens æg er en delikatesse, der traditionelt tilberedes som røræg eller serveres kogt hele som tilbehør.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 0.1 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 15 years
Everything we know about the Common Quail
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.1 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.1 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.04 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.11 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan15 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelHerbivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatHuman ModifiedAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common Quail yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderGalliformes
- ›familyPhasianidae
- ›genusCoturnix
- ›speciesCoturnix coturnix
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- superorderGalloanserae
- orderGamebirds · Galliformes
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- superorderGalloanserae
- orderGamebirds · Galliformes
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