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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.
California quail Male Female Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) Seven subspecies. C. c. californica (Shaw, 1798) C. c. achrustera (Peters, 1923)
Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California.
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 ...
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.
Description Year Image Source Amphibian: California red-legged frog Rana draytonii: 2014 [2] Animal: California grizzly bear Ursus arctos californicus: 1958 Bat: Pallid bat. Antrozous pallidus. 2024 [3] Bird: California quail Callipepla californica: 1931 [4] Colors: Blue and gold
Callipepla californica, the California quail, California valley quail or valley quail, a small ground-dwelling bird species; Camissonia californica, the California suncup, a flowering plant species native to California and Arizona; Campanula californica, the swamp bellflower or swamp harebell, a plant species endemic to California