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Quail Perched on a Branch in Arid Scrubland (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. The bird's head moves slightly, turning to look around. The background features dry, sparse vegetation and earth.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary inserts, Cabo Pulmo travel edits, conservation pieces, agency mood reels, or social cuts needing a quiet desert bird detail from Baja California Sur.
Edit role
At six seconds, this works best as a cutaway, observational insert, or quiet transition beat between wider arid landscape shots and movement along dirt roads.
Visual details
A crested quail perches on a branch or stump against dry scrub, with gray, brown, white, and black markings, soft harsh-distance background blur, pale earth tones, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The ground-camera composition holds the bird large in the frame, with the perch in the foreground and sparse brush filling the background while the head angle changes slightly across the clip.

Tags

quailbirdbranchdryaridscrublandbrushearthperchedhead movementlookingbrowngraywhiteblackcalmstillpheasantdroneaerial

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
26 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 crested quail perches on a branch in Cabo Pulmo scrubland, facing slightly right against dry brush with no visible people.
The opening frame shows the quail upright on its perch with arid vegetation behind it. (0:00)
The quail remains perched in Cabo Pulmo, showing a scaled pale breast, brown side feathers, and a black-and-white face with no visible people.
This frame emphasizes the bird's breast pattern and facial markings while the background stays dry and sparse. (0:01)
A perched quail in Cabo Pulmo turns its head slightly, with the dark crest and white face stripe visible against blurred tan scrub and no visible people.
The moment captures a subtle change in head position during the otherwise still wildlife shot. (0:02)
The quail appears lower in the frame in Cabo Pulmo scrubland, with its head tilted left and dry branches behind it, and no visible people.
This frame gives editors a slightly different head angle while keeping the same tight wildlife composition. (0:03)

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