Chungchis are small quail-like gamebirds native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, they are known for their black-and-white markings on their chins, greyish-blue plumage, red bellies, and orange legs, they constitute the genus Excalfactoria with three extant species: the Asiatic Chungchi (Excalfactoria chinensis), the African Chungchi (Excalfactoria adansonii), and the Oceanian Chungchi (Excalfactoria lepida), despite being also known as painted quails, dwarf quails, fairy quails, or blue quails, chungchis are not quails at all, they are in fact more closely related to snowcocks than they are to true quails, like snowcocks (genus Tetraogallus), chungchis (genus Excalfactoria) belong to the subtribe Tetraogallina of the tribe Tetraogallini in the subfamily Pavoninae within the family Gallidae inside the superfamily Galloidea, the asiatic chungchi has three subspecies: the Common Chungchi (Excalfactoria chinensis chinensis), the Southeast Asian Island Chungchi (Excalfactoria chinensis lineata), and the Nicobar Chungchi (Excalfactoria chinensis trinkutensis), the african chungchi has three subspecies: the West African Chungchi (Excalfactoria adansonii adansonii), the Central African Chungchi (Excalfactoria adansonii congica), and the South African Chungchi (Excalfactoria adansonii zambesiensis), and the oceanian chungchi has three subspecies: the New Guinea Chungchi (Excalfactoria lepida lepida), the North Australian Chungchi (Excalfactoria lepida colletti), and the East Australian Chungchi (Excalfactoria lepida victoriae).
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