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    (c) Caiden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Barry Langdon-Lassagne, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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California Quail

Callipepla californica

Worldwide
53,592 observations
Group
Birds

About

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 or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females; the flanks are brown with white streaks. Males have a dark brown cap and a black face with a brown back, a grey-blue chest and a light brown...

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