California Quail
(Callipepla californica)
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The California Quail is a small game bird that prefers to live on the ground and generally walks around, but does sleep in trees. It does not generally live in forested areas, but prefers agriculural areas and adapts well to urban areas. Shown here are males. These photos come from northern Lake county, Oregon in Christmas Valley
There are seven recognized subspecies:
- C. c. achrustera (Peters, 1923) – San Lucas California quail – southern Baja California
- C. c. brunnescens (Ridgway, 1884) – extreme northern costal California to southern Santa Cruz County
- C. c. californica (Shaw, 1798) – northern Oregon and western Nevada to southern California and Coronado Islands
- C. c. canfieldae (Van Rossem, 1939) – Owen Valley quail – Owens Valley of east central California
- C. c. catalinensis (Grinnell, 1906) – Santa Catalina quail – Santa Catalina Island (off southern California)
- C. c. orecta (Oberholser, 1932) – Warner Valley quail – Warner Valley in Oregon to extreme northern California
- C. c. plumbea (Grinnell, 1926) – San Quintin California quail – San Diego County to southern Baja California
Additional information: see Wikpedia - California Quail
For extended information about this bird see: Grouse and Quails of North America