CoturniX JAPONICA Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) was formerly considered a subspecies of Common Quail (C. coturnix) but is currently treated as a separate species (McGowan and Kirwan 2020, AviList 2025). No subspecies are recognized in its native eastern Eurasian range (AviList 2025). Earlier accounts of this species in Nebraska (Mathison […]