It would rather hide in the crop than fly, though it flies perfectly well.
From Common Quail
It eats weed seeds, spilt grain, and small insects and their larvae.
From Common Quail
It lives in grassland and crops of cereal and clover in Europe, Turkey and Central Asia.
From Common Quail
Its plume looks like a single curved feather but is in fact six overlapping feathers that work as one unit.
From California Quail
The winter flocks, called coveys, can bring together more than a hundred birds, and break up in spring into pairs that occupy separate territories.
From California Quail
Chicks from several families often join up in crèches looked after by a number of adults, and a male that has lost his mate may adopt other birds' chicks without conflict.
From California Quail
It sleeps in a circle: the covey packs into a ring with tails inwards and heads outwards, conserving heat and keeping a 360-degree watch, and if something startles them they explode outwards in all directions at once.
From Northern Bobwhite
Its decline is one of the most severe in North American birdlife: more than 80% since 1966, mainly through the disappearance of mosaics of scrub, fallow and field margin from the farmed landscape.
From Northern Bobwhite

Ecosystems