We report the occurrence of gang-brooding (i.e., communal brood-rearing) in a population of Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) in western Texas. Combinations of adult quail (2 mated pairs, 2 males, and 2 females) were observed with broods on several occasions. During the two-year study (2003–2004), communal broods were documented only in summer 2003.
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1 March 2007
Gang-brooding in Northern Bobwhites in West Texas
Jason L. Brooks,
Dale Rollins
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The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
Vol. 119 • No. 1
March 2007
Vol. 119 • No. 1
March 2007