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Gambel's Quail

Animals; Birds

The Gambel's Quail, 'Callipepla gambelii', is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family.

Northern Bobwhite

Animals; Birds

The Northern Bobwhite, Virginia Quail or (in its home range) Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) is a ground-dwelling bird native to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is a member of ...

Caucasian Snowcock

Animals; Birds

The Caucasian Snowcock, Tetraogallus caucasicus , is a snowcock in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is endemic to the Caucasus Mountains.

Széchenyi's Monal Partridge

Animals; Birds

The Szechenyi's Monal-Partridge or Buff-throated Partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in China and India. Its natural habitat is boreal ...

Verreaux's Monal Partridge

Animals; Birds

The Verreaux's Monal-Partridge or Chestnut-throated Partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found only in China. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.

Snow Partridge

Animals; Birds

The Snow Partridge (Lerwa lerwa) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae found widely distributed across the high-altitude Himalayan regions of India, Pakistan, Nepal and China.

Montezuma Quail

Animals; Birds

The Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and adjoining parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns's Quail, the Harlequin Quail (for the ...

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