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New World Quail

New World Quail

6 Bird Species
California Quail

California Quail

Plump adult stands upright and has stubby wings, relatively short legs and tail, and forward-curling plume on head. Male has blue-gray upperparts and breast, scaly belly, reddish sides streaked with white, scaly nape, black face with white borders, and dark reddish cap. Female lacks black on face and more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm

Gambel's Quail

Gambel's Quail

A common quail of the southwest. Plump adult stands upright and has stubby wings, relatively short legs and tail, and forward-curling plume on head. Male has blue-gray upperparts and breast, buffy belly with black patch in front of legs, reddish sides streaked with white, black face with white border more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm

Montezuma Quail

Montezuma Quail

A plump, boldly patterned quail of the Southwest. Adult male has white head with swirling black marks around the eye, rufous crown, black underparts dotted with white, black upperparts with white streaks and fine brown barring, and very short legs and tail. Adult female retains vestige of male's whit more...

Length: 22 cm Wingspan: 38 cm

Mountain Quail

Mountain Quail

An elegantly streamlined and colorful quail of western mountains. Adult has bold white vertical bars on flanks, overlaid on deep chestnut belly and sides, orange undertail coverts, brownish-gray upperparts, clean gray head and breast, burgundy-red throat with white outline, short legs and tail, and l more...

Length: 28 cm Wingspan: 41 cm

Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite

Plump and quail-like with short legs and tail, stubby wings, and squat structure. Adult male has white throat and long white supercilium; head is otherwise black except rufous-tinged crown. Underparts and back are bright rufous, darker blackish in Florida, with white streaks on flanks and white-spott more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 33 cm

Scaled Quail

Scaled Quail

A stocky, intricately-patterned quail of interior Southwest. Adult is gray overall, with fine black "scales" over neck and underparts, white streaks on flanks, clean brownish upperparts, brown face, and pale crest. more...

Length: 25 cm Wingspan: 36 cm

  • California Quail

    California Quail

    11 Photographs
  • Gambel's Quail

    Gambel's Quail

    6 Photographs
  • Montezuma Quail

    Montezuma Quail

    4 Photographs
  • Mountain Quail

    Mountain Quail

    1 Photograph
  • Northern Bobwhite

    Northern Bobwhite

    3 Photographs
  • Scaled Quail

    Scaled Quail

    6 Photographs

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Non-vegetated Areas

0 species

Salt-water-sm

Salt Water

0 species

Human-altered-areas-sm

Human-altered Areas

1 species

California Quail

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
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Fresh Water

0 species

Grassland-and-scrubland-sm

Grassland and Scrubland

6 species

California Quail

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
Gambel's Quail

Gambel's Quail

Callipepla gambelii

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal
Montezuma Quail

Montezuma Quail

Cyrtonyx montezumae

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands
Mountain Quail

Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets
Scaled Quail

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains
Forest-and-woodlands-sm

Forest and Woodlands

4 species

California Quail

California Quail

Callipepla californica

Suburban/residential Landscapes, Open Country and Grasslands, Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Chapparal, Clearcuts, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia, Thickets
Montezuma Quail

Montezuma Quail

Cyrtonyx montezumae

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Oak Savannah and Woodlands, Dry Western Woodlands
Mountain Quail

Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus

Deserts and Sagebrush Plains, Shrubby Slopes, Western Confierous Forest, Dry Western Woodlands, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia
Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

Open Country and Grasslands, Clearcuts, Southeastern Pine-oak Forest, Thickets
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