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California Quail (Callipepla californica) <!--상투메추라기/캘리포니아메추라기-->
Subject: California Quail (Callipepla californica)
Poster: Phoby (phoby@hanafos.com)
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California Quail (Callipepla californica)


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Metadata
Title: California Quail
Alternative Title: Callipepla californica
Creator: Karney, Lee
Source: WO-Lee Karney-7603
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: Karney, Land birds
Date Issued: April 06 2004


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.

Comments
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Scientific Name: Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798)
Common Names: California Quail, California Valley Quail, Valley Quail
French: Colin de Californie; German: Schopfwachtel; Spanish: Colín de California, Codorniz californiana
Taxonomy: Tetrao californicus Shaw, 1798, Monterey, California, USA.
Synonyms:
Lophortyx californica (Shaw, 1798)
Lophortyx californicus

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