| Description:
10" a stocky, mainly gray quail with curved black
head plume, bold black face and throat on male and chestnut
crown, rusty sides with diagonal stripes |
Habitat:
Desert scrublands, thickets along streams, chaparral, scrubby mountain ravines. Found in arid habitat near permanent sources of water. Common. Gregarious. Males often seen calling from open perches. |
| Nesting:
10-20 buff-colored eggs spotted in a depression lined
with grass and twigs, usually not far above ground in thick shrubbery or
mesquite |
Range:
Resident in southwest deserts California east to
Oklahoma |
| Voice:
A ringing puk-kwaw-cah and second syllable
highest in pitch |
Diet:
Mostly leaves, plant shoots, insects and fruit |
