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Callipepla californica (Californian Quail; California Quail)

Synonyms: Lophortyx californica; Tetrao californicus (homotypic)
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

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 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 at 2.5 in (6.4 cm), a brighter head and a scalier appearance. The two species separated about 1–2 million years ago, during the Late Pliocene or Early Pleistocene. It is the state bir
View Wikipedia Record: Callipepla californica

Infraspecies

Callipepla californica achrustera (California Quail) (Attributes)
Callipepla californica brunnescens
Callipepla californica californica (California quail) (Attributes)
Callipepla californica canfieldae
Callipepla californica catalinensis
Callipepla californica decolorata
Callipepla californica orecta
Callipepla californica plumbea

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
17
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.29473
EDGE Score: 1.83971
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  174 grams
Birth Weight [3]  6 grams
Female Weight [5]  167 grams
Male Weight [5]  185 grams
Weight Dimorphism [5]  10.8 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Chaparral
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Chaparral
Diet [4]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [4]  50 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  50 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [6]  15
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [5]  10 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  4,900,000
Incubation [3]  22 days
Mating System [7]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  10 years
Snout to Vent Length [5]  10 inches (25 cm)
Female Maturity [3]  9 months 4 days
Male Maturity [3]  9 months 4 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
California Floristic Province Mexico, United States No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No

Emblem of

California

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Providers

Parasite of 
Sturnella neglecta (Western Meadowlark)[8]
Zonotrichia leucophrys (White-crowned Sparrow)[8]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Baylisascaris procyonis (raccoon roundworm)[14]
Dispharynx nasuta[14]
Hectopsylla psittaci[15]
Heterakis isolonche[14]
Rhabdometra odiosa <Unverified Name>[14]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Audio

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Citations

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♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
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♦ 7Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
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♦ 9Patterns of frugivory, seed dispersal and predation of blue fan palms (Brahea armata) in oases of northern Baja California, E.V. Wehncke, X.L. Medellín, E. Ezcurra, Journal of Arid Environments 73 (2009) 773–783
♦ 10Trejo, A., M. Kun, M. Sahores, and S. Seijas. 2005. Diet overlap and prey size of two owls in the forest-steppe ecotone of southern Argentina Ornitol. Neotrop 16:539–546
♦ 11del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 12Feeding ecology of North American gopher snakes (Pituophis catenifer, Colubridae), JAVIER A. RODRÍGUEZ-ROBLES, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002, 77, 165–183
♦ 13Breeding Biology of a Grey Eagle-Buzzard Population in Patagonia, Fernando Hiraldo, José A. Donázar, Olga Ceballos, Alejandro Travaini, Javier Bustamante and Martín Funes, The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 107, No. 4 (Dec 1995), pp. 675-685
♦ 14Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
♦ 15International Flea Database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0