Bobwhite Quail

(Colinus virginianus)

Photos and narrative description (Georgia Museum of Natural History)

Photos and narrative description (USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)

Photo and narrative description (University of Michigan)

1970 joint resolution declaring bobwhite quail as Georgia's official game bird

Georgia Secretary of State state symbols web page on bobwhite quail

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia

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