What kind of quail is this?

[Nunie]

A few years ago I went to a butterfly house and they had 3 or 4 quail running around freely. I was wondering what kind of quail they are, button quail maybe? They were super tiny!

 

[nchls school]

Button quail. Another name for the same specie is Chinese painted quail.

 

[DK newbie]

You can eat their eggs, but yes, in general you'd probably call them ornamental.
They are called 'Kinesiske dværgvagtler' in Danish, probably something similar in Swedish.

 

[dc3085]

Tibetan tuxedo coturnix.

 

[Nunie]

Button quail. Another name for the same specie is Chinese painted quail.

You again! Always so helpful, lol. I do remember seeing something about chinese (though living in Sweden it was "kinesisk" ). They were so tiny and cute! I followed them around the butterfly aviary watching their cute antics. They're only really ornamental, right?

 

[Nunie]

You can eat their eggs, but yes, in general you'd probably call them ornamental.
They are called 'Kinesiske dværgvagtler' in Danish, probably something similar in Swedish.

Okay, I wasn't sure if button quail eggs were too small!

Yeah it was probably something like that in Swedish, my fiance translated it for me lol

 

[Nunie]

How much bigger are normal cortunix quail (not jumbo) than button quail?

 

[nchls school]

You again! Always so helpful, lol. I do remember seeing something about chinese (though living in Sweden it was "kinesisk" ). They were so tiny and cute! I followed them around the butterfly aviary watching their cute antics. They're only really ornamental, right?

Yes. Me again. I've been raising many different species of bird for fifty years. I'm a veritable fountain of knowledge

-HA. Now if I could just remember what it is I'm supposed to pick up at the store on the way home for my wife.

 

[Nunie]

Yes. Me again. I've been raising many different species of bird for fifty years. I'm a veritable fountain of knowledge

-HA. Now if I could just remember what it is I'm supposed to pick up at the store on the way home for my wife.

lol I usually walk upstairs and forget what I was going there for, been doing that since I was in my late teens. I have the worst short term memory of everyone I know!

 

[DK newbie]

How much bigger are normal cortunix quail (not jumbo) than button quail?

According to one source, a button quail weighs about 40 grams. As far as I remember, a normal coturnix is about 200 grams.