Gambel's Quail
Gambel's Quail: Medium quail, gray upperparts and breast, scaled gray nape, black patch on center of abdomen, black head plume, white-bordered black face, cinnamon-brown crown, buff underparts, flanks streaked dark chestnut-brown and white. Alternates several stiff wing beats with short glides.
● Song:
"quoit", "oit", "chi-CA-go-go"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Gambel's Quail: Eats mainly seeds and forbs, but also insects, spiders, and small reptiles; forages on the ground.
● Breeding & nesting:
Gambel's Quail: Nine to fourteen brown spotted, buff eggs are laid in a ground scrape lined with grass, sticks, and feathers. Incubation ranges from 21 to 24 days and is carried out by the female.
● Similar species:
Gambel's Quail: California Quail lacks black patch on abdomen, has dark brown crown black, prominently speckled white nape and sides of neck, and dull brown flanks.