Mountain Quail Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of …
A plump bird patterned in gray, white, and chestnut, the Mountain Quail sports a dramatic head plume like an exclamation point on its head. It is an elusive bird of western scrub and highlands—easy to hear but difficult to see.
Mountain Quail Identification - All About Birds
A round-bodied game bird with a small head, short tail, rounded wings, and short, strong legs. Two distinctive plumes stick up off the head like the feather of a quill pen, longest in adult males. Slightly larger than a California Quail, smaller than a Gray Partridge.
Mountain Quail Similar Species Comparison - All About Birds
Jun 2, 2015 · Gambel's Quail live mainly in deserts at lower elevations than Mountain Quail. In male Gambel's the head plume is curved rather than long and straight. The belly is buffy, not gray, and the side streaks are horizontal and finer than Mountain Quail's.
California Quail Similar Species Comparison - All About Birds
Jun 20, 2015 · Both sexes of Mountain Quail have a long, slender plume coming straight up off the head, unlike California's shorter, curved head plume. Mountain Quail has thick, vertical white stripes on the sides rather than the finer horizontal stripes of California Quail.
California Quail Identification - All About Birds
The California Quail is a handsome, round soccer ball of a bird with a rich gray breast, intricately scaled underparts, and a curious, forward-drooping head plume. Its stiffly accented Chi-ca-go call is a common sound of the chaparral and other brushy areas of California and the Northwest.
Gambel's Quail Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Gambel’s Quail are gregarious birds of the desert Southwest, where coveys gather along brushy washes and cactus-studded arroyos to feed. Males and females both sport a bobbing black topknot of feathers. The male’s prominent black belly patch distinguishes it from the similar California Quail.
Gambel's Quail Similar Species Comparison - All About Birds
Apr 3, 2016 · Mountain Quail normally occur to the west of and at higher elevations than Gambel's Quail. They have a long, straight head plume instead of Gambel's shorter, forward-curving plume; and they have thick vertical white stripes on the side instead of narrower horizontal stripes. © Matt Davis / Macaulay Library California, July 15, 2015
Mountain Quail Life History - All About Birds
A plump bird patterned in gray, white, and chestnut, the Mountain Quail sports a dramatic head plume like an exclamation point on its head. It is an elusive bird of western scrub and highlands—easy to hear but difficult to see.
Mountain Quail Range Map - All About Birds
A plump bird patterned in gray, white, and chestnut, the Mountain Quail sports a dramatic head plume like an exclamation point on its head. It is an elusive bird of western scrub and highlands—easy to hear but difficult to see. The species inhabits remote mountainous areas typically covered with dense shrubs such as chaparral.
Northern Bobwhite Similar Species Comparison - All About Birds
Nov 5, 2016 · The Mountain Quail has little range overlap with the Northern Bobwhite. It has a long, straight head plume and mostly clear gray or brown plumage, without the intricate mottling of the Northern Bobwhite.