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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.
The mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. This species is the only one in the genus Oreortyx, which is sometimes included in Callipepla. This is not appropriate, however, as the mountain quail's ancestors diverged from other New World quails earlier than the bobwhites, no later than 6 ...
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.
List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California. The county is in Northern California, located on the California coast, including northern Monterey Bay, and west of the San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley. It includes the southwestern Santa Cruz Mountains. [1] [2]
California condor; California ground squirrel; California kangaroo rat; California least tern; California deermouse; California mule deer; California myotis; California night snake; California Oak Moth; California pocket mouse; California quail; California red-legged frog; California rock lizard; California scrub jay; California slender ...
Mountain lions in the greater Los Angeles region are consciously shifting their activity to avoid interacting with human residents, a new study has found. Big cats living in areas with higher ...
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 ...
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 ...