New World Quails (Odontophoridae)
California Quail (Callipepla californica) - HBW 2, p. 424
French: Colin de Californie
German: Schopfwachtel
Spanish: Colín de California
Other common names: Valley Quail
Taxonomy: Tetrao californicus Shaw, 1798, Monterey, California, USA.
Often placed in Lophortyx. Sometimes considered conspecific with C. gambelii, with which forms superspecies. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- californica (Shaw, 1798) - N Oregon and W Nevada, NW USA, S to Los Coronados Is, Baja California, NW Mexico; also (probably introduced) from S British Columbia, SW Canada, SE to Colorado, WC USA.
- orecta (Oberholser, 1932) - SE Oregon and extreme NE California, W USA.
- brunnescens (Ridgway, 1884) - coastal N California to SC California, W USA; also (probably introduced) Vancouver I, Canada.
- californica (Shaw, 1798) - N Oregon and W Nevada, NW USA, S to Los Coronados Is, Baja California, NW Mexico; also (probably introduced) from S British Columbia, SW Canada, SE to Colorado, WC USA.
- orecta (Oberholser, 1932) - SE Oregon and extreme NE California, W USA.
- brunnescens (Ridgway, 1884) - coastal N California to SC California, W USA; also (probably introduced) Vancouver I, Canada.
- catalinensis (Grinnell, 1906) - Santa Catalina I, off SW California, W USA; also (probably introduced) nearby Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Is.
- canfieldae (van Rossem, 1939) - EC California, W USA.
- plumbea (Grinnell, 1926) - S California, W USA, to N Baja California, NW Mexico.
- decoloratus (van Rossem, 1946) - C & S Baja California, NW Mexico.
- achrustera (Peters, 1923) - extreme S Baja California, W Mexico.
- Least Concern
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A close-up of an adult male Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp californica)
Don DesJardin 29 February 2008 2 years ago 22 sec 4.8 -
A series of progressive wide angle to close-up views of an adult male Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp californica)
Don DesJardin 29 February 2008 2 years ago 36 sec 4.5 -
Two lateral views of an adult female perched and looking around Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp californica)
Don DesJardin 29 February 2008 2 years ago 29 sec 4.5 -
A male perched and calling once Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp californica)
Don DesJardin 29 February 2008 2 years ago 27 sec 4.5 -
An adult female perched and preening Ventura County, California, USA (ssp californica)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2008 2 years ago 28 sec 4.4 -
A dorsal view of an adult male singing Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp californica)
Don DesJardin 29 February 2008 2 years ago 26 sec 4.4
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Male perched on fence. Lake Skinner Recreation Area, Riverside County, California, USA (ssp californica)
Conan Guard 22 March 2009 1 year ago 3.7 -
Male Quail parading the rim of a trash dumpster. Joshua Tree, California, USA
Stino 4 February 2007 1 year ago 3.5 -
Male, standing North Island, New Zealand
Grant Swain 10 November 2007 1 year ago 3.3 -
A bird perched on telephone wire. Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Patricio Mackenzie 8 May 2010 10 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird resting. Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Patricio Mackenzie 17 October 2009 11 weeks ago 3 -
A female bird perched in a bush. Point Reyes National Seashore, California, USA
Dc.Owl 14 August 2008 38 weeks ago 2.4
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