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 Translation for 'common quail' from English to Danish
NOUN   a common quail | common quails / common quail
orn.T
common quail [Coturnix coturnix]
vagtel {fk}
Partial Matches
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scaled quail [Callipepla squamata]
skælvagtel {fk}
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stubble quail [Coturnix pectoralis]
sortbrystet vagtel {fk}
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harlequin quail [Coturnix delegorguei]
harlekinvagtel {fk}
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pectoral quail [Coturnix pectoralis]
sortbrystet vagtel {fk}
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Japanese quail [Coturnix japonica]
japansk vagtel {fk}
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grey quail [Br.] [Coturnix pectoralis]
sortbrystet vagtel {fk}
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Gambel's quail [Callipepla gambelii]
ørkentopvagtel {fk}
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gray quail [Am.] [Coturnix pectoralis]
sortbrystet vagtel {fk}
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dark-backed wood quail [Odontophorus melanonotus]
mørkrygget tandvagtel {fk}
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black-backed wood quail [Odontophorus melanonotus]
mørkrygget tandvagtel {fk}
common {adj}almen
common {adj}fælles
common {adj}almindelig <alm.>
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common featurefællestræk {n}
common sensesund fornuft {fk}
orn.T
(common) chaffinch [Fringilla coelebs]
bogfinke {fk}
orn.T
common tailorbird [Orthotomus sutorius]
indisk skrædderfugl {fk}
bot.T
common burdock [Arctium minus]
liden burre {fk}
bot.T
common henbit [Lamium amplexicaule]
liden tvetand {fk}
zool.T
(common) anaconda [Eunectes murinus]
stor anakonda {fk}
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Usage Examples English
  • The official name of the area is Ouyoune el Simane, which means "Spring of the Common Quail", and it is administratively under the jurisdiction of the municipality of Kfardebian, which is also the case for the Faqra ski resort.
  • Due to their fragmentary nature, it is uncertain whether these represented their own species or were synonymous with one of the already-described extinct "Coturnix" species or the extant common quail ("Coturnix coturnix"), which also has fossil remains known from Macaronesia and is still present there.
  • The most important nesting bird species in the park are northern lapwing, corn crake, common quail, lesser spotted eagle, Montagu's harrier, etc.
  • The dunes are home to various animals, most notably rabbits, and also to various species of birds, such as the chukar partridge, the Eurasian hoopoe, the common quail and others.
  • A high number of bird species have been observed in the region, including the common kingfisher, common quail, grey heron, eurasian wryneck, great spotted woodpecker and black-headed gull.

  • From gallinaceous birds common quail ("Coturnix coturnix"), grey partridge ("Perdix perdix"), chukar partridge ("Alectoris chukar"), occur rather often and Caspian snowcock ("Tetraogallus caspius") is less common.
  • Some species, such as the Japanese and common quail, are migratory and fly for long distances.
  • There is a tradition of using migrant Eurasian sparrowhawks to catch common quail in Tunisia and Georgia, where there are 500 registered "bazieri" (sparrowhawkers) and a monument to "bazieri" in the city of Poti.
  • The common quail has been introduced onto the island of Mauritius on several occasions but has failed to establish itself and is now probably extinct.
  • She presented a variety of living specimens to the Zoological Society of London: a Civet Cat from Africa; an Albino Brown Rat and a Hanover Rat from Europe; Bronze-Spotted Doves and an Occipital Lizard from West Africa; a Purple Gallinule from South-western Europe and Algeria; and, a Common Quail from the British Islands.

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