Scaled Quail vs Black-throated Bobwhite

Callipepla squamata 比較対象 Colinus nigrogularis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Scaled Quail Black-throated Bobwhite
学名 Callipepla squamata Colinus nigrogularis
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 23.2 cm (9.1 in) 20.4 cm (8.0 in)
体重 195.5 g (6.90 oz) 131.33333333333334 g (4.63 oz)
食性 Feeds on seeds, leaves, and cacti in arid southwestern US scrubland. Takes invertebrates especially during … Feeds on seeds, berries, and invertebrates in Central American grasslands and scrub. Diet similar to …
一腹卵数 3-16 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Scaled Quail only

Black-throated Bobwhite only

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Song & Call Comparison

Scaled Quail

さえずり

Male gives a nasal, emphatic pay-COS call; coveys scatter with rapid, chattering clucks. The distinctive, nasal pay-COS call is the species' advertising call; carries across desert grassland.

Black-throated Bobwhite

さえずり

Whistled 'bob-white' series with slightly lower pitch than Northern Bobwhite; introductory 'bob' note longer. Rally call a rapid nasal 'koi-ee'; covey clucks are quiet and rhythmic.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Scaled Quail

Resident in the semi-arid grasslands and desert scrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Found in arid and semi-arid plains.

Black-throated Bobwhite

Resident from Mexico and the Yucatán south through Central America to Nicaragua. Found in dry scrub and open woodland.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Scaled Quail

Least Concern

Black-throated Bobwhite

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How to Tell Them Apart

Scaled Quail

羽毛

Bluish-grey overall with black-edged feathers creating prominent scaly pattern on breast and flanks; white-tipped crest fluffy and pale; back brownish-grey; sexes similar but female slightly duller.

Black-throated Bobwhite

羽毛

Male has entirely black throat and face contrasting with white supercilium and neck spots; rufous-brown back streaked black; white-spotted flanks on rufous; belly pale. Female duller with buff replacing white.

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About These Birds

Scaled Quail

体重約195gの鱗状の灰褐色と白い綿毛状の冠羽を持つウズラ。米南西部からメキシコ中部の半乾燥地に生息する。

Black-throated Bobwhite

A small New World quail (~130 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a distinctive black throat in males. Inhabits open pine savannas, grasslands, and agricultural edges from southern Mexico through the Yucatán Peninsula to Nicaragua. Forages on the ground for seeds and invertebrates in small coveys. Least Concern; adapted to fire-maintained savanna habitats of the Caribbean lowlands.

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