Stop the music. The closest thing to a partridge in a pear tree around here is a quail. It will just have to do as our December bird, and it’s a delightful, although not related, substitute.

West Australian researchers say the Abrolhos painted button-quail is likely to be extinct from a WA island due to predators and climate change. Data shows the button-quail is possibly already extinct ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gympie. Followed categories will be added to My News. THE reported demise of the isolated colony of the rare black-breasted button-quail at Inskip Point ...

November 24, 1980 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received a petition from the International Council for Bird Preservation to list the gorgeted wood-quail as an endangered species under the U.S.

One of six native quail species found in the United States, the northern bobwhite is the only species found east of the Mississippi. It is named for its two-note whistle, which sounds like a low “Bob” ...

As the next step in bringing wild bobwhite quail back to Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Game Commission at its meeting on Saturday will consider establishing a 177.65-square-mile recovery area at ...

Quail are considered an indicator species for healthy rangelands and grasslands. Grasslands, the habitat for quail, are rapidly disappearing. Support for hunting impacts conservation funding derived ...

A bird common to the desert Southwest is the Gambel’s Quail; particularly in southern Arizona and New Mexico. They are also abundant in western Colorado and look and act very much like the more ...

Raising quail for meat and eggs in your backyard can easily become a fascinating hobby. Quail are friendly, inexpensive and tender, and their eggs are in many places considered a delicacy. It is also ...

Eggs of the Japanese Quail have been hatched on board the Mir Space Station. The bird has been touted as the best sustainable food source in space. But thanks to the inefficiency of various government ...