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Quail's Topknot Moves While Perched on Branch (Cabo Pulmo, 2023)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2023
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About this clip

A quail perched on a branch moves its head and topknot. The bird's head turns, adjusting its position. Dry, leafless branches form the background.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Wildlife editors, documentary producers, travel edits, and social cuts can use this Cabo Pulmo quail moment to show small desert bird behavior in Baja California Sur.
Edit role
This six-second shot works as a quiet cutaway, insert, or breathing beat between wider arid landscape scenes and road footage from the same Cabo Pulmo collection.
Visual details
A quail perches among dry leafless branches, with a gray body, black face patch, white facial outline, scaled brown chest pattern, moving head, upright topknot, muted light, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The ground-camera view holds a tight telephoto-style composition on the perched bird, with the quail in the midground and soft dry branches filling the foreground and background.

Tags

quailbirdtopknotdry branchesperchedmovinghead turningnaturalaridgraybrownwhitecalmstillpheasantwildlifenatureforestdroneaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
34 MB
Location
Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2023
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

A quail faces forward on a branch in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, with dry leafless twigs behind it and no visible people.
The opening frame introduces the perched quail in a tight dry-brush composition. (0:00)
The quail turns its head slightly to one side in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, while its topknot leans against a background of pale dry branches and no visible people.
This frame shows the bird's head turn and topknot shift while it stays perched. (0:01)
A forward-facing quail in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, holds its topknot upright above a black face patch, with dry branches filling the frame and no visible people.
The bird returns toward camera, making the face markings and upright topknot clear. (0:02)
The quail sits lower in the frame in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, with its head angled sideways, a dark topknot visible, dry brush around it, and no visible people.
This moment emphasizes the small head movement against the still branch background. (0:03)

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