California Valley Quail
by Robert Bales
Title
California Valley Quail
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Robert Bales
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Photograph - Photo
Description
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. It is the state bird of California.
These birds have a curving crest or plume, made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown for females; the flanks are brown with white streaks. Males have a dark brown cap and a black face with a brown back, a grey-blue chest and a light brown belly. Females and immature birds are mainly grey-brown with a light-colored belly. Their closest relative is Gambel's Quail which has a more southerly distribution and, a longer crest (2.5 inches), a brighter head and a scalier appearance. The two species separated about 1-2 million years ago, during the Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene
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September 23rd, 2012
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Christopher James
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William Tasker
Love, Love, Love! Your beautiful and identified bird image has been featured by Wild Birds Of The World, a nature photography group. L/F
Bobbee Rickard
What a wonderful shot, such clarity and detail; love the quail, they are all around us; you did very well to capture such beauty; vf