Roger Powell / Male Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) perched on a boulder surveying its display area Castro Verde, Portugal, April

David Tipling / Hunters looking for Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur) and Quail (Coturnix coturnix) during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013

David Tipling / Hunter looking for Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur) and Quail (Coturnix coturnix) during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013 EDITORIAL USE ONLY

David Tipling / Hunter looking for Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur) and Quail (Coturnix coturnix) during BirdLife Malta Springwatch Camp, Malta, April 2013. EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Grouse (Tetraoninae) subfamily of Phasianidae, : Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus pyrenaicus), Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa), Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) and Common Quail (Cotu...

Bert Willaert / Hunter holding up a haul of illegaly shot birds, including Black winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Corncrake (Crex crex), Quail (Coturnix coturnix) and Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur), Chorochi...

Brent Stephenson / Brown quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) amongst vegetation, Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand.

Ben Hall / Quail (Coturnix coturnix) in long grass, Lancashire, UK October

Brent Stephenson / Male Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei) calling while perched a rock. Near the Limpopo River, South Africa, January.

Brent Stephenson / Brown / Swamp Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora) amongst leaf litter on the forest floor. Tiritiri Matangi Island, Auckland, New Zealand, February.

Chris Gomersall / Quail (Coturnix coturnis) killed in collision with barbed wire fence, Island of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Western Isles, Scotland

David Tipling / Harlequin Quail {Coturnix delegorguei} Masai Mara, Kenya

Mike Wilkes / Quail {Coturnix coturnix} Warwickshire, UK

Mike Wilkes / Quail (Coturnix coturnix) foraging in garden. England, UK, Europe