{"id":13224,"date":"2017-11-01T22:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T22:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/?page_id=13224\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T00:31:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T23:31:03","slug":"the-quail-pictures-paintings-and-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/la-codorniz-cuadros-pinturas-y-biologia\/","title":{"rendered":"La Codorniz. Pictures, paintings and biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-center\"><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"font-size:223%;\">The Quail<\/span><b aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">Article about the Common Quail, illustrated with paintings of quails by the artist Manuel Sosa<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\t\n  \n    <div class=\"row large-columns-1 medium-columns- small-columns- row-small slider row-slider slider-nav-reveal slider-nav-push\"  data-flickity-options='{&quot;imagesLoaded&quot;: true, &quot;groupCells&quot;: &quot;100%&quot;, &quot;dragThreshold&quot; : 5, &quot;cellAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,&quot;wrapAround&quot;: true,&quot;prevNextButtons&quot;: true,&quot;percentPosition&quot;: true,&quot;pageDots&quot;: false, &quot;rightToLeft&quot;: false, &quot;autoPlay&quot; : false}' >\n\n  \n\t     <div class=\"col\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"badge-container absolute left top z-1\">\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"product-small box has-hover box-normal box-text-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"width:66%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:855px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/cuadros\/aves-pajaros\/pareja-de-codornices\/\" aria-label=\"Pair of Quails\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"967\" src=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-783x967.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Oil painting of a pair of quails in their ground nest with eggs, by Manuel Sosa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-783x967.jpg 783w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-382x472.jpg 382w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-768x948.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-486x600.jpg 486w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-1244x1536.jpg 1244w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-64x79.jpg 64w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-16x20.jpg 16w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1-33x41.jpg 33w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices_incubando-1.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-tools top right show-on-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-tools grid-tools text-center hide-for-small bottom hover-slide-in show-on-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper\"><p class=\"name product-title woocommerce-loop-product__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/cuadros\/aves-pajaros\/pareja-de-codornices\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\">Pair of Quails<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"price-wrapper\">\n\t<span class=\"price\"><span class=\"woocs_price_code\" data-currency=\"\" data-redraw-id=\"6a686ed8945e2\"  data-product-id=\"12953\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" translate=\"no\">\u20ac<\/span>&nbsp;0,00<\/bdi><\/span><\/span><div class=\"woocs_price_info\"><span class=\"woocs_price_info_icon\"><\/span><ul class='woocs_price_info_list'><li><span>USD<\/span>: <span class=\"woocs_amount\">0,00&#36;<\/span><\/li><li><span>GBP<\/span>: <span class=\"woocs_amount\">\u00a30,00<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/span>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>C<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">When, in mid-May, the rhythmic and penetrating song of the Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) begins to be heard from the distance of a wheat field, rare will be the person familiar with the countryside who does not stop to delight in its sound for a while. And this happens because, at its core, it is a sign as characteristic of spring as the blossoming of trees or the germination of crops. Its song, a rhythmic uit-uit-uit, has made it a popular animal. This is reflected in the names that country folk in many parts of Europe have given to the quail. The English \"wet-my-feet\" or \"wet-my-lips\", the French \"paye-tes-dettes\" or the Basque \"pos-po-lin\" are nothing more than onomatopoeic names for the smallest of our phasianids. The Common Quail has a very wide distribution area. It occupies all of Eurasia without exceeding 63 degrees North latitude, also extending through Barbary, Lower Egypt, and Southern Africa - from Kenya to Angola and the Cape, as well as Madagascar. Like all widely distributed species, the Common Quail is differentiated into a certain number of subspecies, among them the famous Japanese Quail, which is industrially exploited on farms. Many are the paintings of quails depicted in the history of art. Here I present two paintings by the artist Manuel Sosa that perfectly illustrate the Common Quail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">\u00a0 The Common Quail measures about 18 cm in length and has the appearance of a small partridge. Its dorsal part, sandy in color, is longitudinally furrowed by a series of brown and black stripes. On its flanks, it also has light and dark stripes that contrast with the pale tones of its underparts. The male has a reddish breast and black spots on its neck, while the female, with duller colors than the male, differs from it by a dark brown barred breast and a uniform brown neck. There is, therefore, a certain degree of sexual dimorphism. Nevertheless, although its sonorous song can be heard from a considerable distance, quails are rarely seen, except when hunting dogs flush them in the summer, forcing them to fly low for a short distance. The Common Quail could be considered the \u00abtraveling relative\u00bb of gallinaceous birds, as it has been the only species that, among a group of fundamentally sedentary or at most somewhat transhumant birds, has developed a wide-ranging migratory behavior. However, it is not advisable to generalize on this point, as it has been observed that the migratory instinct affects different subspecies in diverse ways. Thus, the quail populations of the Cape Verde Islands, Azores, Canaries, and Madeira exhibit entirely sedentary behavior. In the image, a painting of quails during the incubation period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\n  \n    <div class=\"row large-columns-1 medium-columns- small-columns- row-small slider row-slider slider-nav-reveal slider-nav-push\"  data-flickity-options='{&quot;imagesLoaded&quot;: true, &quot;groupCells&quot;: &quot;100%&quot;, &quot;dragThreshold&quot; : 5, &quot;cellAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,&quot;wrapAround&quot;: true,&quot;prevNextButtons&quot;: true,&quot;percentPosition&quot;: true,&quot;pageDots&quot;: false, &quot;rightToLeft&quot;: false, &quot;autoPlay&quot; : false}' >\n\n  \n\t     <div class=\"col\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"badge-container absolute left top z-1\">\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"product-small box has-hover box-normal box-text-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:76%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/cuadros\/aves-pajaros\/codornices\/\" aria-label=\"Quails\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1338\" src=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Oil painting of a pair of camouflaged quails next to a large rock in the field, by Manuel Sosa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-382x284.jpg 382w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-486x361.jpg 486w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-783x582.jpg 783w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-1536x1142.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-64x48.jpg 64w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-243x181.jpg 243w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-20x15.jpg 20w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codornices-pareja-1-33x25.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-tools top right show-on-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-tools grid-tools text-center hide-for-small bottom hover-slide-in show-on-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper\"><p class=\"name product-title woocommerce-loop-product__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/cuadros\/aves-pajaros\/codornices\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\">Quails<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"price-wrapper\">\n\t<span class=\"price\"><span class=\"woocs_price_code\" data-currency=\"\" data-redraw-id=\"6a686ed896e72\"  data-product-id=\"101\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" translate=\"no\">\u20ac<\/span>&nbsp;0,00<\/bdi><\/span><\/span><div class=\"woocs_price_info\"><span class=\"woocs_price_info_icon\"><\/span><ul class='woocs_price_info_list'><li><span>USD<\/span>: <span class=\"woocs_amount\">0,00&#36;<\/span><\/li><li><span>GBP<\/span>: <span class=\"woocs_amount\">\u00a30,00<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/span>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">The same can happen with North African quails which, facing adverse conditions, flee northwards appearing in countries like Italy.<br \/>felt in the abundance and distribution of this bird.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\n  \n    <div class=\"row large-columns-1 medium-columns- small-columns- row-small slider row-slider slider-nav-reveal slider-nav-push\"  data-flickity-options='{&quot;imagesLoaded&quot;: true, &quot;groupCells&quot;: &quot;100%&quot;, &quot;dragThreshold&quot; : 5, &quot;cellAlign&quot;: &quot;left&quot;,&quot;wrapAround&quot;: true,&quot;prevNextButtons&quot;: true,&quot;percentPosition&quot;: true,&quot;pageDots&quot;: false, &quot;rightToLeft&quot;: false, &quot;autoPlay&quot; : false}' >\n\n  \n\t     <div class=\"col\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"badge-container absolute left top z-1\">\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"product-small box has-hover box-normal box-text-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:76%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/cuadros\/aves-pajaros\/codorniz-comun\/\" aria-label=\"In the 1920s, the alarming decline of the European Common Quail mobilized a series of pressure groups, formed by wildlife protectors and hunters, who, after prolonged protest, succeeded by 1938 in getting the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation to reach an agreement to end the import of Common Quails.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-783x584.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Oil painting of a common quail portrait on a light background, by Manuel Sosa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-783x584.jpg 783w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-382x285.jpg 382w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-486x363.jpg 486w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-64x48.jpg 64w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-243x181.jpg 243w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-20x15.jpg 20w, https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/001\/codorniz-33x25.jpg 33w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-tools top right show-on-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-tools grid-tools text-center hide-for-small bottom hover-slide-in show-on-hover\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"title-wrapper\"><p class=\"name product-title woocommerce-loop-product__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/cuadros\/aves-pajaros\/codorniz-comun\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\">In the 1920s, the alarming decline of the European Common Quail mobilized a series of pressure groups, formed by wildlife protectors and hunters, who, after prolonged protest, succeeded by 1938 in getting the International Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation to reach an agreement to end the import of Common Quails.<\/a><\/p><\/div><div class=\"price-wrapper\">\n\t<span class=\"price\"><span class=\"woocs_price_code\" data-currency=\"\" data-redraw-id=\"6a686ed8995fa\"  data-product-id=\"14232\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\" translate=\"no\">\u20ac<\/span>&nbsp;0,00<\/bdi><\/span><\/span><div class=\"woocs_price_info\"><span class=\"woocs_price_info_icon\"><\/span><ul class='woocs_price_info_list'><li><span>USD<\/span>: <span class=\"woocs_amount\">0,00&#36;<\/span><\/li><li><span>GBP<\/span>: <span class=\"woocs_amount\">\u00a30,00<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/span>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 Furthermore, exporting countries were asked to prohibit this mass hunting \u2013 which in many cases continued during spring \u2013 throughout the year.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 As\u00ed pues, las codornices que habitan en zonas m\u00e1s norte\u00f1as y continentales se ven forzadas a realizar largas migraciones que las alejan de las dur\u00edsimas condiciones invernales de estas latitudes, mientras que sus parientes m\u00e1s sure\u00f1as no se ven tan acosadas por los rigores del clima. \u00c9sta es la raz\u00f3n por la que en las regiones del l\u00edmite sur de su zona de reproducci\u00f3n -cuen\u00adca mediterr\u00e1nea-van a coincidir durante la invernada grupos de codornices nativas con otras procedentes de Centroeuro\u00adpa, de las Islas Brit\u00e1nicas o de las llanuras rusas.\u00a0En muchos casos la invernada se ha visto favorecida por modificaciones ecol\u00f3gicas recientes, debidas a la acci\u00f3n del hombre que, como en el caso del sudoeste de la pen\u00ednsula Ib\u00e9rica, ha aumentado la protecci\u00f3n y el alimento disponible con la implan\u00adtaci\u00f3n de amplias zonas de regad\u00edo. En cualquier caso, esta invernada cir no la realizan m\u00e1s que peque\u00f1as cantidades de codornices ya que, en su inmensa mayor\u00eda, se someten a un agotador viaje que les har\u00e1 cruzar el Sabara para alcanzar las sabanas tropicales\u00a0que rodean el borde sur de este desierto. <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13224","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tm-has-options"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuelsosa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}