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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.
It provides habitat for valley oaks, willows, sycamore, cottonwood trees, muskrat, river otter, pheasant, valley quail and waterfowl. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Access from the east side by driving North from Highway 5 along the old river road on the west right descending bank side of the Sacramento River to Yolo County Road 16, then west on road 16 to east ...
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 quail, Callipepla californica (Shaw 1798) C. c. brunnescens (Ridgway 1884) (coastal California quail) C. c. canfieldae (van Rossem 1939) (Owen Valley quail) C. c. californica (Shaw 1798) (valley California quail) C. c. catalinensis (Grinnell 1906) (Santa Catalina California quail) C. c. achrustera (Peters 1923) (San Lucas California ...
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 .
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 forests of Northern California are home to many animals, for instance the American black bear.There are between 25,000 and 35,000 black bears in the state. [6]The forests in northern parts of California have an abundant fauna, which includes for instance the black-tailed deer, black bear, gray fox, North American cougar, bobcat, and Roosevelt elk.
Scaled quail inhabit dry, open valleys, plains, foothills, rocky slopes, draws, gullies, and canyons that have a mixture of bare ground, low herbaceous growth, and scattered brushy cover. [9] [17] Good scaled quail habitat is characterized by low-growing grasses with forbs and shrubs. Overall ground cover is between 10 and 50%.