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California Quail  [Callipepla californica]
The California Quail, Callipepla californica, also known as the California Valley Quail or Valley Quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is the state bird of California.These birds have a curving crest or "plume" that dro...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/california_quail/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Erckel's Francolin  [Francolinus erckelii]
The Erckel's Francolin (Francolinus erckelii) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan....
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/erckels_francolin/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Gambel's Quail  [Callipepla gambelii]
The Gambel's Quail, Callipepla gambelii, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora. The Gambel's quail is named in honor of W...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/gambels_quail/ - Last revised: Jan 23, 2023
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Greater Sage-Grouse  [Centrocercus urophasianus]
The Greater Sage-grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus, is the largest grouse in North America. Its range is sagebrush country in the western United States and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. The Gunnison Sage-grouse was recently recognized as a se...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/greater_sage_grouse/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Kalij Pheasant  [Lophura leucomelanos]
The Kalij Pheasant, Lophura leucomelanos is a pheasant found all along the foothills of the Himalaya in a number of local populations with variations. They are also found (though somewhat rare) in the Islands of Hawaii....
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/kalij_pheasant/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Lesser Prairie-Chicken  [Tympanuchus pallidicinctus]
The Lesser Prairie Chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, is slightly smaller and paler than its near relative the Greater Prairie Chicken. It is found primarily in the sandhills and prairies of Western Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle, and the Llano Estacado...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/lesser_prairie_chicken/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Montezuma Quail  [Cyrtonyx montezumae]
The Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and adjoining parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns's Quail, the Harlequin Quail (for the male's striking pattern), and the Fool Quail (for its beh...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/montezuma_quail/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Northern Bobwhite  [Colinus virginianus]
The Northern Bobwhite, Virginia Quail or (in its home range) Bobwhite Quail (Colinus virginianus) is a ground-dwelling bird native to North America and northern Central America and the Caribbean. It is a member of the group of species known as New World q...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/northern_bobwhite/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Red Junglefowl  [Gallus gallus]
The Red Junglefowl, Gallus gallus, is a tropical member of the Pheasant family and the direct ancestor of the domestic chicken. It was first raised in captivity at least 5,000 years ago in India, and the domesticated form has been taken all around the wor...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/red_junglefowl/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Ring-necked Pheasant  [Phasianus colchicus]
The Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), known in the US as the Ring-necked Pheasant or Chinese Pheasant, is a bird in the pheasant family. It is native to Asia but has been widely introduced elsewhere as a game bird.The Common Pheasant is one of the wo...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/ring_necked_pheasant/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Rock Ptarmigan  [Lagopus muta]
The Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta, is a medium-sized (31"?35 cm or 12"?14 inches) gamebird in the grouse family. It is known as Rock Ptarmigan, or colloquially Snow Chicken in North America, where it is the official bird for the territory of Nunavut, Canada. It...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/rock_ptarmigan/ - Last revised: Jun 15, 2018
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Scaled Quail  [Callipepla squamata]
The Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata), also commonly called Blue Quail or cottontop, is a species of the New World quail family. It is a bluish gray bird found in the arid regions of the Southwestern United States to Central Mexico. This species is an ea...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/scaled_quail/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Wild Turkey  [Meleagris gallopavo]
The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes. It is one of two species of turkey, the other being the Ocellated Turkey, found in Central and South America. Adult Wild Turkeys have a small,...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/wild_turkey/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Willow Ptarmigan  [Lagopus lagopus]
The Willow Grouse (Europe) or Willow Ptarmigan (North America), Lagopus lagopus, is a medium-sized gamebird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding in birch and other forests and tundra across northern Eurasia, and in Alaska and northern...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/willow_ptarmigan/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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