CoturniX JAPONICA Status: No accepted records. Taxonomy: Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) was formerly considered a subspecies of Common Quail (C. coturnix), but currently is treated as a separate species (McGowan and Kirwan 2020). No subspecies are recognized (Gill et al 2022). Earlier accounts of this species in Nebraska (Mathison and Mathison 1960, Shickley 1968) referred […]