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Scaled Quail

(Callipepla squamata)

 

Category: Birds

 

 

This ground-dwelling bird inhabits the southwestern grasslands of the United States. They are highly social and live in large groups called coveys until breeding season, during which time they break up into pairs. They are named for the striking, scaly appearance of their breast and back feathers.

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Scientific Classification
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Aves
Order - Galliformes
Family - Odontophoridae
Genus - Callipepla
Species - C. squamata

 
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Sugar, Honey Honey…

Too much sugar in the diet leads to obesity for humans: if we drink a can of soda pop (which is mostly high fructose corn syrup), the fructose is converted into fat by our livers; drink too many too often, and we end up gaining weight. But for hummingbirds, sugar isn’t something to eat sparingly: it is a source of power! Because of their simple, sugar rich diet, hummingbirds have adapted the ability to fuel their muscles with fructose without first converting it to fat - a feat unique among vertebrates. We do not yet know for sure how they process it so fast, though experiments have demonstrated that they do indeed possess this amazing capability. How fast, you ask? Their metabolisms are so extreme, a human-sized hummingbird would have to drink a can of soda pop every minute in order to gain weight!

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