Northern Bobwhite Quail
Colinus Virginianus
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Eats
They eat mostly seeds and leaves, supplemented with varying amounts of insects during the breeding season.
Lives
They live in agricultural fields, grasslands, open pine or pine-hardwood forests, and grass-brush rangelands.
Behavior
Description
Their elegantly dappled plumages offers excellent camouflage so they are hard to spot. They forage in groups, scurrying between cover or bursting into flight if alarmed.
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