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The northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), also known as the Virginia quail or (in its home range) bobwhite quail, is a ground-dwelling bird native to Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Cuba, with introduced populations elsewhere in the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. It is a member of the group of species known as New World quail ...
In short time, these visitors began to recreate by seeking hunting opportunities, particularly the pursuit of northern bobwhite quail. Not long after their initial arrival, these wealthy visitors began purchasing land in the region, and by 1930, owned over 250,000 acres of land used for hunting.
Spot-bellied bobwhite Colinus leucopogon (Lesson, 1842) El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica Size: 23 cm Habitat: open scrubland Diet: LC Yucatan bobwhite, black-throated bobwhite. Colinus nigrogularis (Gould, 1843) Size: 22 cm Habitat: henequen and sisal landscape Diet: LC Northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus ...
The translocation efforts to create a wild northern bobwhite quail population in central Pennsylvania are off to a strong start as it appears there may be more birds now than in the spring.
About 90 northern bobwhite quail have been released at Letterkenny Army Depot and experts talk about the challenges to establish a wild population.
Thomas Keller, the Game Commission’s furbearer biologist, prepared the 2021-2030 Northern Bobwhite Quail Management Plan for Pennsylvania when he worked as a wildlife research biologist in the ...
The geographical range of the New World quail extends from Canada to southern Brazil, and two species, the California quail and the bobwhite quail, have been successfully introduced to New Zealand. The stone partridge and Nahan's partridge , both found in Africa, seem to belong to the family.
It is located in Alfalfa County in northern Oklahoma, north of Jet (pop. 230), along Great Salt Plains Lake, which is formed by a dam on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River. The refuge was established March 26, 1930, by executive order of President Herbert Hoover , and contains 32,080 acres (130 km 2 ) of protected land as habitat to about 312 ...