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Colinus virginianus

Photo by Craig Houghton
Location: Cheshire, CT

[edit] Identification

8 inches. White chin and supercilium, black cap, eyeline, nape and throat, reddish-brown body stippled with white and black spots, pale belly. Female: Buff throat and supercilium, dark cap, eyeline, nape and throat, reddish-brown body with darker back, black and white streaks and chevrons about underparts and back, pale belly.

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[edit] Habitat

Forest openings, open woods, fallow fields, and along the edges of cultivated fields.

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[edit] Diet

Diet includes seeds, fruit, plant parts, spiders, and insects.

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