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Northern Bobwhite
Color: |
Brown |
Size: |
9.75" |
Season: |
Year-round |
Description: |
Small and round with a gray and reddish-brown plumage pattern. Male has a white throat and white eyebrow. Female has a yellow-brown throat and eyebrow. |
Voice: |
Familiar whistled er-bob-WHOIT with the quiet first note heard only at close range. Often heard and not seen. Click here to listen
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Habitat: |
Winter coveys shelter in brushy woods and fields. Breeding pairs need grasslands with enough room between grass clumps to walk. |
Interesting Fact: |
Periodic prescribed burns are used to maintain the types of habitats that Northern Bobwhites use year-round. |
Scientific name: |
Colinus virginianus |
Order: |
Galliformes |
Family: |
Odontophoridae |
Male Robert Herron |
Female George Dissmeyer |
Nest and eggs Dick Baxter |
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