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California Quail

Callipepla californica

Photo by DonnaPomeroy
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Field Notes

Description:

Female or immature
Short dark "topknot"
Pale gray face and breast
Pale belly with brown scaling
Short tail

Habitat:

chaparral, sagebrush, oak woodlands, and foothill forests of California and the Northwest

Reference Links:

California Quail, California Quail, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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