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California Quail (Callipepla californica) 
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 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.  
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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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