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What the Spot-bellied Bobwhite sounds like
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This species is 22–24 cm long and shows geographically variable male plumage amongst its six subspecies. All forms have a brown back with black spotting on the nape. The head has a white supercilium, a dark line through the eye, a white or brown throat and a short crest. The lower belly is spotted but the rest of the underparts are pale, entirely spotted, or spotted with a rufous chest depending on the subspecies. The male weighs 140 g on average. The female is duller than the male with a buff supercilium and mottled throat; her average weight is 115 g.
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When to see the Spot-bellied Bobwhite
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Spot-bellied Bobwhite
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Spot-bellied Bobwhite
The spot-bellied bobwhite is a ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the crested bobwhite, Colinus cristatus. As the latter species expands north into Costa Rica, it is likely that the two species will overlap in range in the future, but the Costa Rican subspecies of the spot-bellied is the least similar to the crested.
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Easily confused with
Yucatan BobwhiteColinus nigrogularisThe male and female Yucatan bobwhite differ in appearance.
Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatusAdult crested bobwhite are about 178 to 216 millimetres (7.0 to 8.5 in) long.
Northern BobwhiteColinus virginianusThe northern bobwhite is a moderately-sized quail, and is the only small galliform native to eastern North America.
Side by side: Northern Bobwhite vs Spot-bellied Bobwhite · Crested Bobwhite vs Spot-bellied Bobwhite · Spot-bellied Bobwhite vs Yucatan Bobwhite
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