California valley quail (Callipepla californica)

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Subject:	California valley quail (Callipepla californica)
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Français : Colin de californie dessiné par Traviés dans le dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle de Charles d'Orbigny (1867)
Date 1867
Source dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle
Author Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%27Orbigny-Colin_de_Californie.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.

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