MAMMOTH CAVE AREA BIRDS
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Northern Bobwhite
(Colinus virginianus)

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The only quail in the eastern U.S., these grassland birds have been in steep decline for the past fifty years.

Bobwhite can still be found in appropriate habitat; most easily located by hearing their ringing calls.

Mammoth Cave N.P. habitat is largely wrong for quail; they might be
found ​occasionally in grassy habitat near the southern end of the bike trail.

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