Short answers, pulled from the story.
The common quail was originally named Tetrao coturnix by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 and is now classified within the genus Coturnix. The specific epithet coturnix is the Latin word for the common quail itself.
In northern Europe, the common quail begins laying eggs from the middle of May and continues until the end of August. The female lays eggs at 24-hour intervals to form a clutch of between 8 and 13 eggs.
Estimates suggest that in 2012, during the autumn migration, 3.4 million common quail were caught in northern Sinai. Perhaps as many as 12.9 million were caught in the whole of Egypt.
The common quail has been introduced onto the island of Mauritius on several occasions but has failed to establish itself. The species is now probably extinct there.
One in four people who consume poisonous common quail meat become ill with symptoms characterized by muscle soreness. This condition may lead to kidney failure.
The Book of Numbers chapter 11 describes a story of a huge mass of common quail that were blown by a wind and taken as meat by the Israelites in the wilderness. This narrative is found in Numbers 11:31-35.