Bird group
New World Quail
34 species in this group — each with its conservation status, population estimate and a short description.
The Banded Quail is a small Mexican quail of dry scrub, thorn forest, and grassy woodland. It feeds in coveys on seeds and small…
The Bearded Wood-Partridge is a localized Mexican forest quail with a bold face pattern and a restricted highland range. It keeps to cloud…
The Black-breasted Wood-Quail is a highland forest quail of Costa Rica and western Panama. It moves through cloud forest and dense…
The Black-eared Wood-Quail is a Central American forest-floor quail of humid lowland and foothill forest. It moves in coveys through dense…
The Black-fronted Wood-Quail is a montane forest bird of northern South America. Coveys forage quietly in dense understory, using steep…
The Black-throated Bobwhite is a tropical bobwhite of savanna, scrub, open woodland, and field edges in the Yucatan region and nearby…
The Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge is a forest-floor bird of Central American highlands. Coveys move through cloud forest, pine-oak woodland,…
The California Quail is a sociable western North American quail with a distinctive comma-shaped head plume. It favors chaparral, oak…
The Chestnut Wood-Quail is a Colombian montane forest quail with rich chestnut coloring and a secretive forest-floor life. It favors cloud…
The Crested Bobwhite is a widespread South American bobwhite of open savanna, scrub, pasture, and grassy woodland. It is a ground-feeding…
The Dark-backed Wood-Quail is a localized forest quail of the western Andes. It lives in humid montane forest and dense ravines, moving in…
The Elegant Quail is a handsome quail of western Mexico, found in thorn forest, scrub, and dry woodland. Coveys forage on the ground for…
Gambel's Quail is a desert quail of cactus scrub, mesquite washes, and arid neighborhoods in the American Southwest and northwestern…
The Gorgeted Wood-Quail is a rare Colombian endemic of humid montane forest. It is a secretive ground bird that depends on dense forest…
The Long-tailed Wood-Partridge is a Mexican highland species with a long tail and a quiet forest-floor lifestyle. It occurs in pine-oak,…
The Marbled Wood-Quail is a forest-floor species of humid lowland forest from Central America into the Amazon Basin. Pairs or small groups…
The Montezuma Quail is a patterned, secretive quail of oak-pine woodland and grassy mountain slopes. It often crouches rather than…
The Mountain Quail is a striking western North American quail with long head plumes and a preference for brushy mountain slopes. It feeds…
Nahan's Partridge is a shy forest partridge of the Albertine Rift region. It keeps to dense lowland and foothill forest, where small groups…
The Northern Bobwhite is a familiar covey-forming quail of grasslands, open pine woods, farms, and brushy edges. It feeds on seeds, leaves,…
The Ocellated Quail is a richly marked highland quail of Central American pine-oak forest, cloud forest edges, and grassy openings. It…
The Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail is an Andean forest-floor quail with a broad range along humid mountain forests. Coveys forage in dense…
The Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail is a humid-forest quail of the Choco and western Andes. It keeps to dense understory, usually in pairs or…
The Scaled Quail is a dry-country quail of desert grassland, mesquite scrub, and open plains in the southwestern United States and northern…
The Singing Quail is a vocal, secretive quail of humid montane forest, coffee shade, dense thickets, and forest edges. It is more often…
The Spot-bellied Bobwhite is a Central American bobwhite of dry fields, grasslands, scrub, and open woodland. It forms coveys and forages…
The Spot-winged Wood-Quail is an Atlantic Forest quail that moves in small coveys through dense understory. It feeds on the forest floor…
The Spotted Wood-Quail is a Central American forest quail with bold spotting and a secretive nature. Coveys move through humid forest,…
The Starred Wood-Quail is a tropical forest quail of western and southern Amazonia. It lives on the forest floor in dense understory,…
The Stone Partridge is a compact, ground-dwelling gamebird of rocky savannas, dry woodland, and scrub in West and Central Africa. It…
The Stripe-faced Wood-Quail is an Andean forest bird of Peru and Bolivia. It keeps to dense montane understory and forest edges, foraging…
The Tacarcuna Wood-Quail is a highly localized mountain quail of the Darien and Tacarcuna highlands. It lives in humid montane forest,…
The Tawny-faced Quail is a secretive forest quail of Central America and northwestern South America. It lives in humid forest, thick second…
The Venezuelan Wood-Quail is a forest-floor quail of northern Venezuela. It uses humid montane and foothill forest, moving in pairs or…
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