California valley quail (Callipepla californica)

Query: Callipepla californica

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Subject:	California valley quail (Callipepla californica)
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English: « Ortyx californicus » = Callipepla californica (California quail)
Français: « Ortyx californicus » = Callipepla californica (Colin de Californie)
Date 1869
Source Onze vogels in huis en tuin
Author
John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keulemans_Onze_vogels_1_52.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.

Callipepla californica
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