Scaled Quail
Callipepla squamata
Family: New World quail
Scaled Quail is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
Did you know
In Oklahoma, small groups of scaled quail feed among soapweed yucca and in soapweed yucca-sand sagebrush ranges, weed patches, and grain stubble.
In southeastern New Mexico, staples were mesquite and croton seeds, green vegetation, and snout beetles.
The nest is typically a grass-lined hollow containing 9–16 speckled eggs.