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California valley quail (Callipepla californica)
California Partridge.
Perdix californica, Lath.
Male 1. Female 2.
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon.
Plate 413 of Birds of America by John James Audubon depicting California Partridge.
Date 1827-1838
Source University of Pittsburgh
Author John James Audubon (1785–1851)    
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:413_California_Partridge.jpg
The California valley quail or California quail or valley quail (Callipepla californica) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These quails 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. |