Northern Bobwhite

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Northern Bobwhite Partridge (Colinus virginianus) is a small partridge with 20 subspecies.

Partridge is distributed in North America, is the most widely distributed partridge in the United States, almost throughout the eastern United States, in parts of Mexico can also be seen, although the number is large, but not easy to see, but easy to hear its loud sound, and the English name Bobwhite is also from its call. Partridge has been introduced to other parts of the world. It mainly eats insects. In the southern United States, imperial grain is their main diet.

The sound of partridge is clear and is often made by males in spring and summer. Others include squeaky whistles.

Both male and female birds incubate eggs, but the female is mostly responsible. If the first eggs do not hatch, they will regenerate and incubate the eggs. If they hatch successfully, the chicks are very precocious and can leave the nest within 24 hours of birth. The breeding season lasts until mid-October, when the female can lay and incubate three batches of eggs.

Partridge is a popular game bird, especially in the southern United States. They are the official game birds of Tennessee, Georgia and Washington. Habitat destruction threatens their wild communities, so they are raised in large numbers for hunting. They have been affected by hunting and have disappeared altogether in some areas. Partridge is rarely seen in the forest if he stands still. Foxes, coyotes, raccoons, possums, eagles, owls, and humans also hunt them.

Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Near Threatened (NT).

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