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Montezuma Quail
[Cyrtonyx montezumae]

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This male and female Montezuma Quail pair was photographed at Davis Mountains State Park, Fort Davis, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=315mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 17, 2009)

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Montezuma Quail
[Cyrtonyx montezumae]

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This male Montezuma Quail was photographed in the Davis Mountains near Fort Davis, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1993)

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Montezuma Quail
[Cyrtonyx montezumae]

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 15 in.]

This male Montezuma Quail was photographed in the Davis Mountains near Fort Davis, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: April 1993)

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Scaled Quail
[Callipepla squamata]

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Scaled Quail was photographed at Falcon State Park, Falcon Heights, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: January 14, 2005)

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Scaled Quail
[Callipepla squamata]

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Scaled Quail was photographed at Florey Park, Andrews, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: August 11, 2008)

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Scaled Quail
[Callipepla squamata]

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Scaled Quail was photographed at a feeder at Lake Balmorhea, Balmorhea, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: December 16, 2009)

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Scaled Quail
[Callipepla squamata]

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Scaled Quail
[Callipepla squamata]

[Length 10 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

Locally known as the "Cotton Top", the scaled Quail is a common resident of the southwestern US. This one was photographed perched on a fencepost along a road in southern Colorado. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Ektachrome 200 film pushed to 400. (Date: June 1986)

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