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Is Quail A Pigeon? Quail-dove may refer to a bird in one of three genera in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae: Geotrygon. Reinwardtoena. What kind of bird is quail? Quail, any of roughly 130 species of small short-tailed game birds classified in the families Phasianidae and Odontophoridae (order Galliformes), resembling partridges but generally smaller