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| | Audubon WatchList - Mountain Quail |
 | | Mountain Quail can be quite difficult to see, but in the spring and summer, males' loud, frequently-given "queark" calls announce the presence of this species in an area. |
 | | Mountain Quail declined greatly in eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, and Nevada during the last half of the 1900s, and the species has nearly been extirpated from Idaho, where it was once common. |
 | | Unlike other quail species, Mountain Quail are able to utilize high-elevation habitats, occurring during the breeding season at elevations of 700 to 3,000 meters in the Cascades, Sierra Nevada, and Coastal Range. |
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