New World quail

New World quail are ground-dwelling birds in the family Odontophoridae, native to the Americas. They include bobwhites, wood quail, and several other groups, and are unrelated to Old World quail.

Odontophoridae: Odontophoridae is the bird family comprising New World quail and their close relatives. This is the scientific family name for the group commonly called New World quail.
Northern bobwhite: The northern bobwhite is a quail species native to the eastern and central United States, Mexico, and parts of Central America. It is one of the best-known New World quail and a familiar example of a bobwhite.
Ground foraging: Ground foraging is the search for food on or near the soil surface. New World quail commonly scratch and probe among leaf litter, grass, and soil for food.
Game bird: A game bird is a bird hunted for food or sport. Several New World quail are managed and hunted as game birds.
New World: The New World is the collective name for the Americas and nearby islands in historical geographic usage. The family’s native range spans habitats across this broad region.
Galliformes: Galliformes is an order of mostly ground-dwelling birds that includes turkeys, pheasants, grouse, and quail. New World quail belong to this broader order of largely terrestrial birds.
California quail: The California quail is a crested New World quail native to the western United States and Baja California. Its distinctive head plume makes it a recognizable western representative of the family.
Quail covey: A quail covey is a social group that stays together outside the breeding season. Coveys help many New World quail remain cohesive while feeding and moving through cover.
Wildlife management: Wildlife management is the application of ecological knowledge to maintain or change wild animal populations and habitats. Management of quail often focuses on preserving suitable nesting and feeding cover.
Pheasant: Pheasants are galliform birds in the family Phasianidae, native chiefly to Asia and Europe. Pheasants belong to the same order but not the family that contains New World quail.

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