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Quail Perched on a Branch Moving Its Head and Beak (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 is perched on a dry branch. It moves its head and beak, possibly calling. The background consists of leafless, tangled branches in an arid environment.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, Cabo Pulmo travel edits, conservation pieces, and natural-history social cuts needing a close quail moment in dry Baja California Sur brush.
Edit role
A six-second cutaway or texture beat for showing local birdlife, with the quail staying perched while small head and beak movements provide natural motion between wider desert or road shots.
Visual details
A gray, brown, black, and white quail perches on a dry branch among tangled leafless brush, with soft muted light, a shallow-looking background of branches, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
Ground-camera wildlife composition with the bird held in the foreground to midground and dry brush filling the background, with no supported evidence of a pan, drone move, or handheld movement from the frames.

Tags

quailbirdbranchdryleavesmovingheadbeakperchednaturalaridbackgroundbranchesmotioncallgraybrownwhitedroneaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
36 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 left while perched on a dry branch in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with tangled pale brush behind it and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the quail in profile on a dry branch against muted arid brush. (0:00)
A quail holds an upright perch in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with its black-and-white face turned left and dense dry branches in the background, with no visible people.
This frame keeps the bird centered enough to show its head markings and speckled body pattern. (0:01)
A quail perches in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, with its head lifted slightly higher than earlier frames, pale branches crossing the soft background, and no visible people.
The raised head position gives editors a visible change within the otherwise steady wildlife shot. (0:02)
A front-facing quail perches on a dry branch in Cabo Pulmo, Baja California Sur, Mexico, showing a dark face bordered by white markings against bare brush, with no visible people.
The bird turns toward the camera, showing the front of its face and patterned chest. (0:03)

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