California quail

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New World quail bird species game bird

The California quail is a small, plump New World quail known for its distinctive forward-curving head plume and sociable covey behavior in shrubland and chaparral habitats.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
California quail canonical 4
California valley quail 2
Douglas quail 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New World quail ⓘ
bird species ⓘ
game bird ⓘ
assessedBy IUCN ⓘ
authority (Shaw, 1798) ⓘ
averageLength approximately 25 centimeters ⓘ
averageWeight approximately 150 grams ⓘ
bodyShape small and plump ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
clutchSize large clutches ⓘ
commonName California quail self-link ⓘ
California quail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: California valley quail

valley quail ⓘ
conservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
diet insects ⓘ
leaves ⓘ
seeds ⓘ
family Odontophoridae ⓘ
femalePlumage browner and duller than male ⓘ
genus Callipepla ⓘ
habitat brushy foothills ⓘ
chaparral ⓘ
open woodland ⓘ
shrubland ⓘ
hasDistinctiveFeature forward-curving head plume ⓘ
scaled belly pattern ⓘ
introducedTo Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
malePlumage black face with white border ⓘ
brown cap ⓘ
nativeTo Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Baja California

California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Idaho ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
Washington ⓘ
western North America ⓘ
nestType ground nest ⓘ
order Galliformes ⓘ
reproduction precocial young ⓘ
scientificName California quail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Callipepla californica
sexualDimorphism present ⓘ
socialBehavior forms coveys ⓘ
highly gregarious ⓘ
stateBirdOf California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California
taxonRank species ⓘ
vocalization loud chi-ca-go call ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California, United States → hasOfficialStateBird → California quail ⓘ
subject surface form: California
California quail → scientificName → California quail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Callipepla californica
California quail → commonName → California quail self-link ⓘ
California quail → commonName → California quail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: California valley quail
Odontophoridae → hasRepresentativeSpecies → California quail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Colinus virginianus
San Bernardino Mountains foothills → fauna → California quail ⓘ
this entity surface form: California quail (Callipepla californica)
Callipepla → commonName → California quail ⓘ
subject surface form: Callipepla californica
Callipepla → commonName → California quail ⓘ
subject surface form: Callipepla californica
this entity surface form: California valley quail
Callipepla → commonName → California quail ⓘ
subject surface form: Callipepla douglasii
this entity surface form: Douglas quail
Callipepla → commonName → California quail ⓘ
subject surface form: Callipepla douglasii
this entity surface form: Douglas's quail
California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion → faunaIncludes → California quail ⓘ
Callipepla douglasii → commonName → California quail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas quail