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Quail Perched on a Branch in Dry Shrubs (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 branch. It repeatedly opens and closes its beak, likely calling. The background consists of dry, leafless shrubs.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, Cabo Pulmo travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, or social cuts needing a close view of a quail in dry Baja California Sur brush.
Edit role
Works as a six-second cutaway or natural sound beat between wider desert road and hillside shots, giving an editor a small wildlife detail before returning to landscape coverage.
Visual details
A quail with a black head plume, white face markings, gray body, speckled belly, and brown underside perches on a branch among dry leafless shrubs in soft muted light, with no people visible.
Shot mechanics
The ground-camera composition holds the bird in the midground against a shallow, twig-filled background, with the quail shifting its head and opening and closing its beak across the frames.

Tags

quailbirdbranchdryshrubsperchedhead movementbeak openbeak closednaturalaridbushmotiongraybrownwhiteblackpheasantdroneaerial

Shot slate

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

Still Frames From This Clip

3 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 perches upright on a thin branch in dry Cabo Pulmo shrubs, with its head turned left and no visible people.
The opening frame gives a clear profile of the perched quail in leafless brush. (0:00)
The quail remains on the branch in Cabo Pulmo dry brush, facing left with its white facial stripe visible and no visible people.
This frame holds the bird in the same midground position for continuity in a wildlife insert. (0:01)
A quail stands on the angled branch in Cabo Pulmo brush, its body centered against tangled pale shrubs and no visible people.
The third frame emphasizes the bird's speckled body against the dense dry background. (0:02)

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