Hello

[Suz658]

CPQ - Chinese Painted Quail - Coturnix chinensis aka Button Quail in US & King Quail in Australia

 

[monarc23]

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What's CPQ????

^^ Chinese Painted Quail is the real name for Button Quails. The true button quail is nothing like the birds we raise that we here in the US call Button Quails. True Button Quails are a type of crane I think it is...some sort of water bird atleast. They also from what I've read are slightly bigger than our birds we call button quail.

their true name is Chinese Painted Quail. Somewhere along the line people started calling CPQ's button quails and it stuck...but they are not true button quails, not even related to true button quails.

This is what a true button quail looks like:

"Barred Buttonquail
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Barred Buttonquail


Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Turniciformes

Family: Turnicidae

Genus: Turnix

Species: T. suscitator


Binomial name
Turnix suscitator
(Gmelin, 1789)
The Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail (Turnix suscitator) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines."

 

[Suz658]

Legend has it that the guy who first introduced CPQ to America saw the tiny chicks in an aviary in England ... his wife said along the lines of "shucks aren't they just as cute as buttons", and so the name 'Button' Quail stuck

 

[UrbanMama]

Okay, Suz...I'm no longer a lurker!

i just introduced myself on your site.

 

[Jen88]

Hi Suz and everyone else

I'm also from Suz website and joined this site the other day when one of my japanese hens became sick with sour crop to get a bit more info.
I only have the 6 jap hens now but I love reading about everyone elses birds, and can't wait until I finally have the space to get some more of my own

Jen

 

[SamG347]

Welcome aboard Suz....I think you might remember me from the Coturnix Corner forum! Ladys and Gentleman Suz has some BEAUTIFUL birds and setups for them! Especially jealous of your slate/smokey Coturnix!!!

 

[Suz658]

Jen you traitor

lmao

Sam - sorry I get get muddled up who I know from where

- are you PACoturnix from TQP? If so you haven't signed up to the new improved CC Forum .... link is at the bottom lol

 

[SamG347]

Yep that was my Username I think. LOL sorry to many forums as it is to keep up with. Maybe I will make my way over there soon.