| 鹌鹑 | ān chún | quail | |
| 百结鹑衣 | bǎi jié chún yī | ragged clothing (idiom) | |
| 斑翅山鹑 | bān chì shān chún | (bird species of China) Daurian partridge (Perdix dauurica) | |
| 日本鹌鹑 | rì běn ān chún | (bird species of China) Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) | |
| 灰山鹑 | huī shān chún | (bird species of China) grey partridge (Perdix perdix) |
| 1 | Once a hawk suddenly swooped down on a quail and seized it. | |
| 2 | Otherwise, it's anybody's guess. Early settlers often dined on seals, cod, and partridge. | |
| 3 | My wife one time asked the President about a bobwhite. | |
| 4 | A small North American quail(Colinus virginianus) having brown plumage with white markings. | |
| 5 | It was also strongly supported that the pheasants (phasianini) and partridges (perdicini) do not form independent monophyletic lineages. |