| 鹌鹑 | ān chún | quail | |
| 日本鹌鹑 | rì běn ān chún | (bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) | |
| 西鹌鹑 | xī ān chún | (bird species of China) common quail (Coturnix coturnix) |
| 1 | A small, stub-tailed Eurasian quail having sandy, streaked plumage and commonly used in laboratory research. | |
| 2 | However, quail eggs contain higher protein and mineral than eggs. Quail eggs are considered a good source of supplementary diet. |