Appearance, Range and Habitat. A small, plump bird dressed in brown, ... Female bobwhite quail (left) have tan and brown facial markings, whereas the males’ are a distinctive white and black.

Advice for quail can apply to wide range of other Pennsylvania wildlife. Published: ; Jan. 12, 2010, 4:43 p.m.

Range-wide, bobwhites have declined an estimated 80 percent over the past 40 years, said Don McKenzie, ... "Bobwhite quail are the king of the game birds in Texas.

Consequently, for at least half a century, bobwhite numbers have followed a downward trend throughout the bird’s range," he said. ... in 1981. "To preserve the future of bobwhite quail, ...

With the state climatologist saying Texas is undergoing the worst single-year dry spell in 116 years, bobwhite quail — already suffering a long-term decline — are getting a double whammy. Poor ...

Many, perhaps a majority, of today's 21-plus million Texans never have heard the distinctive, two-note, namesake whistle of a wild bobwhite quail, much less seen the little pear-shaped birds ...

The northern bobwhite quail – a familiar and popular species that even the experts are not sure still exists in the wild, non-stocked state in Pennsylvania – now has a management plan in the ...

Wildlife managers kicked off an effort to restore bobwhite quail populations nationwide 25 years ago. ... The occupied portion of the bird’s historic range continues contracting and fragmenting.

Bobwhite Quail Range in Kansas. (Courtesy KDW&P) The pheasant and quail regular season runs from Saturday through Jan. 31, 2025. For more information about the season, click here.

While pheasant numbers have been spotty here in Central Nebraska the past few seasons, bobwhite quail numbers have held steady or slightly increased in many areas. Quail numbers may be up, but ...