The size is very small to common quail. This beautiful quail come from Asia. In my hometown, the bird are raised as the cleaner in an aviary. It can clean the food waste bird such as millet, canary seed, and others. The bird live at the bottom of the aviary.
What make the bird is so interesting for me is the sound. The male sound call is small long like eagle call. Only the male has the nice sound. I have watched a flock of Chinese Quail sing together.
The male color is blue and brown. The female has duller color and it is not interesting. But you have to buy the female if you want to raise this nice quail. The female can lay some eggs.
In Aviary, the bird is a cleaner. It will eat any food that fall to the bottom of the aviary. They also use grass as their house. This quail is not good for meat production. The size is only a half of common Quail (Cotturnix Japonica).
Photo source: Nicolas Beuret
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