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California State Bird: California Quail
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Bird
California Valley Quail
Callipepla californica
Adopted in 1931.
The California quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the valley quail or Lophortyx californica vallicola (Name used by Dickey), became the official state bird in 1931. A widely distributed and prized game bird, it is known for its hardiness and adaptability. Plump, gray-colored and smaller than a pigeon, the California quail sports a downward curving black plume on top of its head and black bib with white stripe under the beak. Flocks number from a few to 60 or more in the fall and winter months, but in the spring break into pairs. They nest in hollows scratched in the ground and concealed by foliage, and their eggs, 6 to 28 in number, are creamy white and thickly spotted with golden brown.
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| Kingdom |
Animalia -- animals |
| Phylum |
Chordata -- chordates |
| Subphylum |
Vertebrata -- vertebrates |
| Class |
Aves -- birds |
| Order |
Galliformes -- fowls, gallinaceous birds |
| Family |
Odontophoridae |
| Genus |
Callipepla Wagler, 1832 -- crested quails |
| Species |
Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) -- California quail, Codorniz californiana
Lophortyx californica vallicola (Name used by Dickey)
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