It is commonly known that a squab is considered a pheasant, however, is a quail considered a pheasant, as well?

looney_tunes

Squab is a term used to refer to "the meat from a young domestic pigeon. The word squab was formerly used to describe young birds from several species, but has since come to mean young pigeons and their meat." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squab_(food) A quail, however, IS a type of pheasant, at least some of them are. There are several genera to which the name quail is applied. "Quail is a collective name for several genus of mid-sized birds in the pheasant family Phasianidae. New World quails (family Odontophoridae) and buttonquails (family Turnicidae) are not closely related but named for their similar appearance and behaviour." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail Jan 05 10, 1:57 PM

Baloo55th

A 'squab' is a young domestic pigeon, especially when eaten. I can't find 'scwab'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_pigeon The quail is a member of the pheasant family, but it isn't a pheasant as such - the term pheasant usually referring to something big with an excess of tail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail (Similarly, terns and gulls are reasonably similar looking members of the Charadriiformes, but so are purple sandpipers and other waders which are very different.) Jan 05 10, 2:00 PM

29CoveRoad

thank you for the spelling correction Baloo55 Jan 06 10, 1:22 AM