identify birds
- sort alphabetically
- sort by family
- sort by season
- sort by color
- sort by habitat
- sort by size
|
|
| sources & resources |
|
| about us |
|
| contact us |
|
|
|
|
|
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. |
| 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 |
|
|
|
©2010 Audubon Arkansas. All Rights Reserved. |
contact us |
home
designed & powered by |
|
