Female © Christoph Moning
Male © Jorge Rodríguez Álvarez
Female © John Cahill xikanel.com
© Adalberto B. Lucas

Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis

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Identification

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Fairly common in brushy fields and coastal scrub of Yucatan Peninsula region, where 'bob-WHITE!' song sounds just like that of other bobwhites. Usually found in groups or pairs, sometimes not far from villages or other human habitation; best seen on quiet roads and trails. Like most quail, flushes explosively from close range with excited calling, and perches readily up in trees when flushed. The only quail of open habitats in most of its range; compare Singing Quail, which occurs inside tropical forest.

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