Burung buruan (Game Birds)
Mountain Quail
Oreortyx pictus
- epik
- 44 km/h
- Risiko rendah
North America's largest quail. Migrates by walking downhill in winter, then walking back up in spring. No shortcuts.
- Populasi
- ~260,000 mature individuals; the population is decreasing, and survey data show roughly a 4.3%/year decline from 2005-2015 in significant parts of the range (Idaho, Nevada, eastern Oregon/Washington), driven by habitat loss to grazing, agriculture, drought, and development.
- Habitat
- Dense, remote mountainous chaparral and shrubby slopes; an elevational migrant that breeds in montane woodland/brush up to ~3,000 m (10,000 ft) and moves down to lower ridges, foothills, or desert-edge scrub in autumn/winter.
- Fakta menarik
- The largest quail species in the United States, Mountain Quail cope with heavy mountain snowfall not by flying south but by walking — whole family coveys descend on foot from high breeding elevations (up to ~3,000 m / 10,000 ft) to lower wintering grounds each autumn, an elevational migration performed almost entirely on foot rather than by sustained flight.
- Sebaran
- Western North America, from southwestern British Columbia (Canada, including an introduced Vancouver Island/coastal population) south through Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada to the Baja California peninsula, Mexico.
- Makanan
- Primarily seeds, bulbs, acorns, berries, and other plant matter; chicks feed heavily on insects (especially beetles and ants in summer) before shifting to the largely plant-based adult diet.
- Ukuran
- 0,27 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,38 m
- Masa hidup
- 3 tahun
