Quail
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Northern bobwhite, a type of quail, are ground-nesting grassland birds.
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Anonymous
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Photo by MDC Staff, courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation
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Species Description
This ground-dwelling bird is overall streaked or mottled reddish-brown and white, with a gray tail. Males have a distinctive dark brown cap and face with a white eyestripe and throat. Females are similar, except the white is replaced by buffy, yellowish brown, and the cap and face are not so dark. The “bob-WHITE!” call is distinctive, but it is mimicked by a number of other bird species.
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Hunting / Fishing Guide
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