''Synoicus'' is a genus of 4 species of
Old World quail
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.
The species in the genus are distributed throughout
Sub-Saharan Africa
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, tropical
Asia
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, and
Australasia
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. Two of the four species in the genus were originally classified in ''Excalfactoria'', one was classified in ''
Anurophasis
The Snow Mountain quail (''Synoicus monorthonyx''), is a large, approximately 28 cm (11 in) long, dark brown quail of alpine grasslands. It was formerly considered the only member of the genus ''Anurophasis'', but phylogenetic analysis ...
'', and one was classified in ''
Coturnix
''Coturnix'' is a genus of five extant species and five to eight known extinct species of Old World quail.
These species are distributed throughout Africa, Eurasia, Australia, and formerly New Zealand. An extinct radiation of flightless, insul ...
''. Several phylogenetic studies found these species to all group together into a single genus, which was followed by the
International Ornithological Congress
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in 2021.
Species
References
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Bird genera