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The California quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These birds have a curving crest, plume or topknot made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females; the flanks are brown with white streaks.
Alaska, California, and South Dakota permit hunting of their state birds. Alabama , Georgia , Massachusetts , Missouri , Oklahoma , South Carolina , and Tennessee have designated an additional "state game bird" for the purpose of hunting.
Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Scaled quail [2] Male Female Callipepla squamata (Vigors, 1830)
The California quail is the official state bird of California. This list of birds of California is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species seen naturally in the U.S. state of California as determined by the California Bird Records Committee (CBRC). [1] Additional accidental and hypothetical species have been added from different sources.
California. Lake County, California - great blue heron, Ardea herodias (unofficial) San Francisco County, California - California quail, Callipepla californica a [1]
California condor; California quail; Gambel's quail; Mountain quail; Sooty grouse; Dusky grouse; Greater sage-grouse; Gunnison grouse; White-tailed ptarmigan; Prairie falcon; Black oystercatcher; Black turnstone; Surfbird; Heermann's gull; Spotted owl; Flammulated owl; Northern pygmy owl; Anna's hummingbird; Lewis's woodpecker; Williamson's ...
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The king quail, an Old World quail, often is sold in the pet trade, and within this trade is commonly, though mistakenly, referred to as a "button quail". Many of the common larger species are farm-raised for table food or egg consumption , and are hunted on game farms or in the wild, where they may be released to supplement the wild population ...