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The American goldfinch is the state bird of Washington. This list of birds of Washington includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of Washington. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the Washington Bird Records Committee (WBRC) of the Washington Ornithological Society. As of November 2021, the list contained 522 species.
The mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. This species is the only one in the genus Oreortyx, which is sometimes included in Callipepla. This is not appropriate, however, as the mountain quail's ancestors diverged from other New World quails earlier than the bobwhites, no later than 6 ...
The black-eared wood quail (Odontophorus melanotis) is a bird species in the order Galliformes. [2] Until recently, the species was thought to be part of the family Phasianidae (Old World quail) however DNA- DNA hybridization results determined that black-eared wood quail are only distantly related to Old World quail. [ 2 ]
List of birds of Washington may refer to: List of birds of Washington (state) List of birds of Washington, D.C. This page was last edited on 23 ...
This is a comprehensive listing of the bird species recorded in Mount Rainier National Park, which is in the U.S. state of Washington. This list is based on one published by the National Park Service (NPS). [1]
Fifteen birds, including eight females came from Fort Barfoot, an Army National Guard installation in Virginia; 50 quail, evenly split male and female, arrived from Tall Timbers, a Florida-based ...
A domesticated quail is a domestic form of the quail, a collective name which refers to a group of several small species of fowl. Thousands of years of breeding and domestication have guided the bird's evolution. Humans domesticated quails for meat and egg production; additionally, quails can be kept as pets.
Galliformes / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.