Crested Bobwhite vs Mountain Quail

Colinus cristatus 对比 Oreortyx pictus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Crested Bobwhite Mountain Quail
学名 Colinus cristatus Oreortyx pictus
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 20.0 cm (7.9 in) 26.8 cm (10.6 in)
体重 132.5 g (4.67 oz) 237.83333333333334 g (8.39 oz)
食性 Omnivorous; eats seeds, berries, and insects in South American grasslands, scrub, and forest edges. Forages … Eats seeds, berries, and leaves in chaparral and coniferous mountain forests. Also takes bulbs and …
产卵数 8-15 6-16
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Crested Bobwhite only

Mountain Quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Crested Bobwhite

鸣唱

Whistled ascending 'whiit-wheee' repeated steadily; crest raised during calling bouts. Contact between covey members is a series of low, liquid clucking notes with nasal quality.

Mountain Quail

鸣唱

Male produces a loud, high, clear queee-ark call; pairs respond with rhythmic, whistled duets. The far-carrying, piping call is one of the most distinctive mountain bird sounds of western North …

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Geographic Range & Migration

Crested Bobwhite

Resident from Panama south through Colombia and Venezuela to the Guianas. Found in open grassland, savanna, and brushy areas.

Mountain Quail

Resident in the coastal ranges and Sierra Nevada of California, Oregon, and Washington at 500-3,000 m. Found in montane chaparral and brush.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Crested Bobwhite

Least Concern

Mountain Quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Crested Bobwhite

羽毛

Male has bushy rufous crest, white supercilium, black-streaked white face and throat, rufous-brown back, and buff underparts spotted black. Female is buff-brown with streaked body and smaller crest.

Mountain Quail

羽毛

Blue-grey breast and flanks boldly barred chestnut-and-white; olive-brown back; chestnut throat bordered white; long straight black plume from crown; male and female similar.

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About These Birds

Crested Bobwhite

冠鹑(Colinus cristatus)是一种体重约130克的新大陆鹌鹑,属珠颈斑鹑科,雄鸟具有蓬松的褐白色头冠。栖息于从墨西哥到南美洲北部的开阔稀树草原、农田和灌木丛,以种子和昆虫为食。

Mountain Quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~240 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a long straight head plume and chestnut flanks barred in white. Inhabits chaparral, brushy mountain slopes, and pine-oak forest in the Pacific mountain ranges of western North America. Forages for seeds, bulbs, and berries. Least Concern; the largest North American quail species, exhibiting altitudinal migration.

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