Grey And Chestnut With Black Plume Gambel's Quail
A variety of the Gambel's Quail
Quail · Speckled cream eggs · Ornamental
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About the Grey And Chestnut With Black Plume Gambel's Quail
The standard wild colouration of Gambel's quail: a soft blue-grey body with rich chestnut flanks streaked white, set off in the cock by a coppery-chestnut crown, bold black face and throat, white eye-stripes, and a distinctive black belly patch. Both sexes carry the comma-shaped forward-curving black teardrop topknot. The black breast patch and largely unscaled buff belly separate it from the otherwise similar California quail, making this striking desert bird a favourite ornamental and aviary species.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Speckled cream
- Eggs per year
- About 50
- Purpose
- Ornamental
- Sizes
- Standard
- Incubation
- 22 days
- Broodiness
- Moderate
- Cold hardiness
- Hardy
- Purity
- Pure, Rare
- Auto-sexing
- Yes
- Origin
- United States
- Scientific name
- Callipepla gambelii