When it is recorded
Jan5
Feb6
Mar16
Apr53
May558
Jun1,136
Jul804
Aug282
Sep56
Oct56
Nov9
Dec7
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 222 | |
| 2 | Shetland Islands | — | 153 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 130 | |
| 4 | Salford | England | 127 | |
| 5 | Lincolnshire | England | 107 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 103 | |
| 7 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 102 | |
| 8 | Worcestershire | England | 96 | |
| 9 | North Yorkshire | England | 88 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 86 | |
| 11 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 78 | |
| 12 | Suffolk | England | 69 | |
| 13 | Kent | England | 64 | |
| 14 | Highland | Scotland | 52 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 51 |
2,556 England598 Scotland69 Wales4 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 91 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,344
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 91
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Coturnix coturnix
- Also known as
- Quail
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,146
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Shetland Islands, Norfolk, Salford, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Aberdeenshire, Worcestershire, North Yorkshire, Dorset, East Riding of Yorkshire, Suffolk +4
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Coturnix
- Name with authority
- Coturnix coturnix (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 18
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28358 · GBIF 2474156