Wild-type Northern bobwhite
A variant of Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Representative Northern bobwhitephoto — a dedicated image of this exact morph isn't available yet.
The natural mottled brown game bird with the male's bold white throat and eyebrow stripe. The base form used for game-bird release and conservation.
Keeper tips for this variant
They are flighty and skittish — house in low, soft-topped flights or covered pens so startled birds don't injure their heads flushing upward.