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The Yucatan bobwhite or black-throated bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis) is a species of bird in the family Odontophoridae. It is found in Belize , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico , and Nicaragua . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland , subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland , coastal mangroves ...
The northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), also known as the Virginia quail or (in its home range) bobwhite quail, is a ground-dwelling bird native to Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Cuba, with introduced populations elsewhere in the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. It is a member of the group of species known as New World quail ...
The spot-bellied bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) is a ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the crested bobwhite , Colinus cristatus . As the latter species expands north into Costa Rica , it is likely that the two species will overlap in range in the future, but the Costa Rican ...
Egg laying occurs from March to June in Texas and Mexico, and from April to September in New Mexico. Nests with eggs were reported as early as April 15 in New Mexico. [10] Scaled quail lay from 9 to 16 eggs; most clutches are 12 to 14 eggs. [15] Eggs are incubated by the female for 21 to 23 days.
The clutch comprises about 11 eggs (ranging from 6 to 12 [7]), which are "whitish" [7] or "chalk-white". [13] Incubation lasts about 25 days by both the male and the female (2 days longer than that of most American quails). Males help brood the young; at least in captive birds, they may also help build the nest and incubate the eggs. [13]
Egg incubation is done under favorable environmental conditions, possibly by brooding and hatching the egg. Multiple and various factors are vital to the incubation of various species of animal. In many species of reptile for example, no fixed temperature is necessary, but the actual temperature determines the sex ratio of the offspring .
This nest was 111 eggs. YouTube screengrab Brandon Rahe , a contractor with the FWC’s Python Action Team, needed a boat to reach the nest, which was well hidden in a hallow of dead grass and weeds .
Two subspecies of great tinamou are found in southeastern Mexico. Order: Tinamiformes Family: Tinamidae The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family, Tinamidae, within their own order, the Tinam