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Titre :	The wintering of the eurasian quail coturnix coturnix in France
Auteurs :	M.U.R. Patrick, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Alauda (77 janvier 1, 2009)
Article en page(s) :	103-114
Résumé :	Observations of the Eurasian Quail during the winter in France (December to February), for the second half of the twentieth century, all stem from the Game Bird Survey of 1987 (24 records from 1972 to 1987) and from published material (29 records from 1953 to 1999). The wintering of the species, known since at least the winter of 1781/1782, concerns 30 French departments (principally on the Atlantic seaboard and the coasts of the Mediterranean basin at altitudes under 100 metres). 65 % of the observations were made between 11 th December and 10 th January (n = 40). Most often they concern isolated birds but groups of two or three individuals have also been noted. Two exceptionally early records of singing males (Puy-de-Dôme, early February 1977 and the Somme, 7 th March 1986), probably relate to wintering birds.

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