Northern Bobwhite
NORTHERN BOBWHITE
Photo Credit: Jim Rathert/Missouri Department of Conservation ...
Northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Identification Tips:
Length: 8 inches
Small, chunky, short-tailed, round-winged, ground-dwelling bird
Slight crest at top of head ...
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Photographed on May 26, 2005, along the refuge's Wildlife Loop (map) near Snow Goose Pond.
Northern Bobwhite Quail
Range:
North America, Central America, West Indies, Cuba
Habitat:
Brushy fields, farmlands, thickets, woodland edges
Conservation Status:
Near threatened
Scientific Name:
Colinus virginianus ...
NORTHERN BOBWHITE FACTS
Description
The Northern Bobwhite is a medium sized quail. It has a rounded body, short tail, round head with short crest. The body is reddish brown, black and white in a cryptic scaly pattern.
Song: Northern Bobwhite song
Migration: Permanent resident throughout its entire range.
Similar Species: Generally distinctive compared to species normally found in South Dakota.
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
The Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) is a resident bird of the eastern half of the U.S. and parts of Mexico.
Northern Bobwhite Behaviour
No observations regarding Northern Bobwhite behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Northern Bobwhites ...
Northern Bobwhite has a high mortality rate and a high reproductive rate. Females may lay up to 3 clutches in a season, each with 12-14 eggs. Unlike most quail, chicks are able to leave the nest about a day after hatching.
Migration ...
Northern Bobwhite
(Colinus virginianus)
Status: Doubtful Origin.
Last recorded on site in 2005
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Possible but not likely
1992 to 1996: Possible but not likely ...
Bobwhite Quails, Northern Bobwhites, or Virginia Quails
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Northern Bobwhite Colinus viryinianus (Linnaeus)
Fifty pairs were imported from southern Ontario in 1950 by the Kings County Fish and Game Association.
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) ...
Northern Bobwhite Quail
We have a male and female pair of quail that visit the yard a couple times each day to scratch ar...
Myrtle Beach
09/14/10 ...
Northern Bobwhite
European Starling
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recently released a preliminary fall flight index survey of 90 million ducks.
The Northern Bobwhite uses brushy habitat, such as abandoned fields. Variability in the habitat is also preferred for this species, using pine, hedgerows and shrub habitat during different parts of its life cycle.
The Northern Bobwhite is abundant in brush, abandoned fields and
open pinelands, but avoids deep forests.
It is 8.5 to 10.5 inches long, with a slight crest.
The call is a whistled: bob bob o white.
The Northern Bobwhite, or Quail, is usually not found in heavily developed areas. It is a ground nester and needs the heavy cover of tall grasses, brambles, dense hedges, or brush piles. It will forage for seeds under feeders.
Hispid cotton rats also take northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) eggs and chicks and sometimes reduce northern bobwhite productivity [42,47,63].
THE COMMON AMERICAN PARTRIDGE.
[Northern Bobwhite.]
ORTIX VIRGINIANA, Linn.
[Colinus virginianus.] ...
Animals in pocosins include lots of species of reptiles, amphibians and rodents as well as black bears, bobcats, bats, white-tailed deer, opossums, raccoons, river otters, mink, muskrats, northern bobwhites, and American woodcocks.
Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)
California Quail (Callipepla californica)
Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)
Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) ...
Family: Odontophoridae - The New World Quail. 31 species world-wdie, 6 in the U.S., including California, Gambel's, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quails, plus the Northern Bobwhite. The Montezuma Quail is the hardest to find.
They are part of a family of New World Quail which includes Gambel's, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quail, as well as the Northern Bobwhite. All New World Quail are highly gregarious, typically found [...] ...
 See also: Bobwhite, Quail, Turkey, Pheasant, Warbler
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