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| Brown quail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Synoicus |
| Species: | S. ypsilophorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Synoicus ypsilophorus (Bosc, 1792)
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| Synonyms | |
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Coturnix ypsilophora Bosc, 1792[2] | |
The brown quail (Synoicus ypsilophorus), also known as the swamp quail, silver quail and Tasmanian quail, is an Australasian true quail of the family Phasianidae. It is a small, ground-dwelling bird and is native to mainland Australia, Tasmania and Papua New Guinea and has been introduced to New Zealand and Fiji. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the brown quail is evaluated as being of "least concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Synoicus ypsilophorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678965A92796647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678965A92796647.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Bosc, Louis (1792). "Coturnix ypsilophorus". Journal d'Histoire Naturelle. 2 (20): 297–298, Pl. 39.