| BOBWHITE QUAIL / Colinus virginianus |
| RANGE: With 20 sub species it can be seen from Canada to Guatemala and Cuba.. | ![]() |
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| HABITAT: Wooded or bushey river valleys to mixed grass prairies, tree thickets adjacent to pasture lands. | ||
| HISTORY: Linnaeus 1758. | ||
| SUB SPECIES: C.v.marilandicus C.v.mexicanus C.v.floridanus C.v.texanus |
-New England Bobwhite. Linnaeus. -Interior Bobwhite . Linnaeus -Florida Bobwhite . Cones -Texas Bobwhite . Lawrence |
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C.v.taylori
C.v.ridgewayi C.v.Cubanensis C.v.maculatus C.v.aridus C.v.graysoni |
-Plains
Bobwhite . Lincoln. -Masked Bobwhite . Brewster. -Cuba Bobwhite . Gray. -Spotted-bellied Bobwhite. Nelson. -Jaumave Bobwhite . Aldrich. -Grayson Bobwhite . Lawrence. |
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C.v.nigripectus C.v.pectorilis C.v.godmani C.v.minor C.v.insignis C.v.coyolcos C.v.salvini C.v.thayeri C.v.atriceps C.v.nelsoni |
-Puebla
Bobwhite . Nelson. -Black-breasted Bobwhite . Gould. -Godman Bobwhite . Nelson. -Least Bobwhite . Nelson. -Guatamalan Bobwhite . Nelson -Coyolcos Bobwhite . Muller. -Salvini Bobwhite . Nelson. -Thayer Bobwhite . Bangs & Peters. -Blachheaded Bobwhite . Ogilvie & Grant. -Nelson Bobwhite . Bnodkorb. |
BOBWHITE QUAİL'S VOICE |
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| DESCRIPTION: Male 240-272 mm.Males have a white stripe over their eyes and a white throat. Females have a buff eye stripe and throat. They form large groups during the winter called coveys. These coveys can consit of up to 30 birds.The chicks should keep in bigger brooders because in small places they can eat each others. | |||
| AVAIRY POSITION:Sand based 1.25 m2 avairy. | |||
| FEEDING: Chick crumbs, millets, live food and little green food. | |||
| BREEDING AGE: One year. | |||
| BREEDING SEASON: In the suitable conditions they can lay eggs all the year. | |||
| NUMBER OF EGGS IN A YEAR: 150-180 eggs. | |||
| INCUBATION PERIOD: 22-23 days. | |||