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םיספסופמ ופוג ידיצ ,םירוחש םימתכ ונורג לע ,לוחה עבצב םיספ ושארל :ולש .דקונמ הזח םיריעצלו תובקנל .ןברד אלל תודורו וילגר ,רופא ורוקמ .הקירפאל םכרדב קנע תוקהל ץראה תא םיפלוח ביבאבו ויתסב .הצחמל םיירבדמ םירוזאו בשע תוברע ,םיחותפ תודש ולודיג תיב .יוצמ ביצי ץראב ,דואמ הבר הכמ םעב 'ה ךיו ... םהיניש ןיב ונדוע רשבה ... ורשב תא םיליערמ ויתונוזמ םיתיעל .לארשי ינבל םימעפ שחרתה ולשה סנ * 33-4 א"י רבדמב... הואתה תורבק אוהה םוקמה םש ארקיו .ביבאה תדידנב קר תשחרתמ העפותה coturnism ולשה םשכ לערה םש ,תינרדומה האופרב העודיה העפות *
Subspecies and Distribution.
| C. c. coturnix British Is. and N W Africa through Israel to Russia and India. C. c. confisa Canary, Mdeira and Azores Is. C. c. inopinata Cape Verde Is. C. c. africana sub Saharan Africa from Ethiopia, Uganda to Angola and S. Africa, Madagascar and Comoros Is.
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Descriptive notes.18 cm, 70-155 g wingspan 30-35 cm.Indistinguishable in the wild from C. japonica, except on call. In hand, differs by having wing over 10 cm long, and less rufous below, from other Coturnix separated by having outer webs of primaries barred with buff. Immature resembles female, but has barred flands and no lines on lower cheeks. Races vary slightly in size and color, Palearctic birds larger, paler and greyer, African birds generally smaller, darker and more rufous. Habitat.Open habitats, including cultivation, in level or gently rolling land. Prefers dense herbage less than 1 m tall. Avoids bare soils.Food and FeedingDiet seeds of grasses, weeds and grain, with well over 100 plant species recorded.Also takes invertebrates from ground, worms, spiders, beetles and bugs. Breeding.May-Aug in N Europe, Mar-Jun in S Europe, any month in E Africa, Sep-Mar in S Africa.Both monogamy and promiscuity reported. Nests is scrape with grass added, constructed by female, sited in herbaceous and grassy cover. 5-7 eggs in Africa, 8-13 eggs in Europe. Incubation 18-20 days, by female. Downy chicks have long blackish stripes on rufous brown upperparts, buffy underparts. Young independent after 50-70 days. Movements.W Palearctic breeding birds believed to winter S of Sahara, but some winter as far N as British Is and Germany, and with some regularity around Mediterranean, birds of these populations do not seem to cross over equatorial forestBirds that winter in C and S India believed to migrate through Pakistan, before dispersing throughout Indian Subcontinent. Status and Conservation.Not globally threatened.Israel.In Israel subspecies C. c. coturnix. Common passage migrant and uncommon winter visitor, also scarce summer visitor and rare breeder.
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