General
Information
- Small, chunky, short-tailed, round-winged, ground-
dwelling bird
- Slight crest at top of head
Adult
male
- White chin and supercilium
- Black cap, eyeline, nape and throat
- Reddish-brown body stippled with white and black
spots
- Pale belly
Adult female
- Buff throat and supercilium
- Dark cap, eyeline, nape and throat
- Reddish-brown body with darker back
- Black and white streaks and chevrons about
underparts and back
- Pale belly
Similar species
Female Montezuma Quail may resemble Northern Bobwhite, but has a
head that appears helmeted rather than crested. Montezuma Quail
also lacks the strongly contrasting supercilium and throat of Northern
Bobwhite and has a darker belly.
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