Burung buruan (Game Birds)
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
- tidak umum
- 38 km/h
- Hampir terancam
Its two-note whistle is one of North America's most recognized bird calls. Population has crashed 80% since 1966.
- Populasi
- ~5.8 million mature individuals, declining (~3.1-3.6%/yr long-term average depending on period)
- Habitat
- Agricultural fields, grasslands, open pine/pine-hardwood woodlands, brushy edges/roadsides, and early-successional regrowth following fire or disturbance; avoids mature closed-canopy woodland
- Fakta menarik
- At night a northern bobwhite covey roosts in a tight, outward-facing circle with tails pointed toward the center — a formation that lets the group watch every direction for predators and burst outward in unison if flushed.
- Sebaran
- Resident from the southern Great Lakes/Nebraska/Kansas/Colorado east to New England and south through the eastern and southeastern USA to the Gulf states; also central/eastern Mexico south to Guatemala, Cuba, and Isla de la Juventud; introduced populations established in parts of the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia
- Makanan
- Omnivorous — mainly seeds, grains, and wild fruit/leaves, supplemented seasonally by insects and other invertebrates (grasshoppers, beetles, crickets, spiders, snails, ticks, leafhoppers); chicks eat mostly insects/arthropods for their first ~8 weeks, and breeding females increase arthropod intake seasonally
- Ukuran
- 0,26 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,36 m
- Masa hidup
- 1,5 tahun
