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Scaled quail were observed drinking at stock tanks from April to June (which was a dry period during the course of the study) every 2 to 3 days. [14] In Oklahoma, scaled quail often migrate to farms and ranches in winter and are thus closer to a source of water in winter than in summer. [10]
China is also the largest producer of quail meat in the world. [2] Quail that have fed on hemlock (e.g., during migration) may induce acute kidney injury due to accumulation of toxic substances from the hemlock in the meat; this problem is referred to as "coturnism". [3] A persistent myth holds that it is impossible to eat quail every day for a ...
Scaled quail/blue quail Callipepla squamata (Vigors 1830) C. s. pallida Brewster 1881 (northern scaled quail) C. s. hargravei Rea 1973 (Upper Sonoran scaled quail) C. s. castanogastris Brewster 1883 (chestnut-bellied scaled quail) C. s. squamata (Vigors 1830) (Altiplano scaled quail) Elegant quail, Callipepla douglasii (Vigors 1829)
The king quail, an Old World quail, often is sold in the pet trade, and within this trade is commonly, though mistakenly, referred to as a "button quail". Many of the common larger species are farm-raised for table food or egg consumption , and are hunted on game farms or in the wild, where they may be released to supplement the wild population ...
Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona , California , Colorado , New Mexico , Nevada , Utah , Texas , and Sonora ; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California .
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 ...
Scaled quail; Singing quail; Snow Mountain quail; Stubble quail; T. Tawny-faced quail This page was last edited on 4 August 2022, at 08:21 (UTC). Text is available ...
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.