Bobwhite Quail Biofacts

Question 1

BWQ: Average weight.

Answer 1

5-6 oz.

Question 2

BWQ: Length

Answer 2

10-11 inches

Question 3

BWQ: Wingspan

Answer 3

14-15 inches

Question 4

BWQ: Which parts are black?

Answer 4

bill, eyes, legs, and feet

Question 5

BWQ: Form a strong or weak pairing bond?

Answer 5

weak

Question 6

BWQ: Which sex incubates the eggs?

Answer 6

Both

Question 7

BWQ: Hens can nest up to how many times?

Answer 7

3 times

Question 8

BWQ: Peak nesting occurs when?

Answer 8

May- early June

Question 9

BWQ: How many in a clutch?

Answer 9

12-15

Question 10

BWQ: Incubation period

Answer 10

23 days

Question 11

BWQ: Can fly at how many weeks?

Answer 11

2 weeks

Question 12

BWQ: Reach mature size at how many weeks?

Answer 12

14-16 weeks

Question 13

BWQ: Population turnover

Answer 13

70-80%

Question 14

BWQ: What causes high mortality?

Answer 14

Food shortage, cold, adverse weather, predators, disease

Question 15

BWQ: Potential life span

Answer 15

4-5 years

Question 16

BWQ: Average life expectancy

Answer 16

less than a year

Question 17

BWQ: What percent of animal matter and plant matter do they consume?

Answer 17

15% animal matter, 85% plant matter

Question 18

BWQ: Low growing woody plants should not be how many feet apart?

Answer 18

200-300

Question 19

BWQ: Percent of canopy cover of brush

Answer 19

5-20%

Question 20

BWQ: How many basketball sized clumps are needed for nesting cover on an acre?

Answer 20

250-300

Question 21

BWQ: one clump for every ____ feet over an acre

Answer 21

12-13

Question 22

BWQ: shrub thickets are needed on about every ____acres

Answer 22

15 acres

Question 23

BWQ: Must roost in a ____ facing _____

Answer 23

circle; outward

Question 24

BWQ: How do they meet their water needs?

Answer 24

food consumed, dew, or surface water

Question 25

BWQ: annual home range

Answer 25

10-80 acres

Question 26

BWQ: Spend ___ of their time on ___ acres

Answer 26

75%; 22 acres

Question 27

BWQ: What percent of an area should be left in woody plants

Answer 27

10-25%

Question 28

BWQ: Water held in plants often exceeds bobwhite requirements by a factor of ____

Answer 28

10,000

Question 29

BWQ: Beneficial wildlife managment practice in Texas

Answer 29

prescribed burning

Question 30

BWQ: no more than __ to __ %should be disked

Answer 30

10 to 15%