Game animal · Upland bird
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
The northern bobwhite, Virginia quail or (in its home range) bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) is a ground-dwelling bird native to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is a member of the group of species known as New World quails (Odontophoridae). They were initially placed with the Old World quails in the pheasant family (Phasianidae), but are not particularly closely related.
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This little quail whistles its own name — 'bob-white!' — and at night a covey roosts in a tight ring, tails in, ready to burst outward.
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