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Common Name

Mountain Quail

Alternate Names

Common Type

Quail

Order

Galliformes

Family

Odontophoridae

Genus

Species

pictus

Conservation Status

Least Consern

Location Photographed

Number of Sub-Species

Five Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident with some altitudinal migrants

Preferred Habitat

Mountainous chaparral

Distribution and Range

West of the Rocky Mountains from British Columbia to Baja Peninsula, Mexico.

Food

Adults eat plant matter and some seeds with the chicks more insectivorous.

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Field Notes:

Monogamous, the female lays 9-10 eggs in a scrape at the base of a tree or shrub close to water. After an incubation of around 3 weeks the chicks will leave the nest with their parents within hours.

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