Masked
Bobwhite Quail
(Colinusvirginianus)
Photographed at Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona Apr 2009
One of Arizona’s most famous birds,
the masked bobwhite quail was saved from extinction by the Endangered Species
Act.
The known range of the masked
bobwhite in the United States includes the Altar and Santa Cruz valleys in
Arizona. The masked bobwhite was first identified in 1884 and was recognized as
highly endangered just a short while later.
In 1985, Arizona’s Buenos Aires
National Wildlife Refuge, containing approximately 118,000 acres of savannah
grassland in the Altar Valley, was created for the masked bobwhite. It contains
the only population of the birds in the United States.
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