Subspecies
Callipepla californica brunnescens (Coastal california quail)
Callipepla californica brunnescens. Photo: (c) William Harland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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. Males have a dark brown cap and a black face with a brown back, a grey-blue chest and a light brown…
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Galliformes (Landfowl)
- Family: Odontophoridae (New world quails)
- Genus: Callipepla (Crested quails)
- Species: Callipepla californica (California quail)
- Subspecies: Callipepla californica brunnescens (Coastal california quail)
- Species: Callipepla californica (California quail)
- Genus: Callipepla (Crested quails)
- Family: Odontophoridae (New world quails)
- Order: Galliformes (Landfowl)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
















































