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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, plume or topknot made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females; the flanks are brown with white streaks.
Both Button and Coturnix quail have different feather coloring due to years of breeding. The common and wild Coturnix quail color is the Pharaoh breed, which is a brown feather color. The Button quail has a red belly, blue body, black and white head, and a brown back all in one (only present in males; females are a brown color all over).
The chestnut wood quail is found mostly in the western and central Andes of Colombia and locally in the eastern Andes. In elevation it ranges from 1,600 to 2,800 m (5,200 to 9,200 ft). It inhabits the interior and edges of subtropical montane forest, both primary and secondary. It is primarily terrestrial but has been seen roosting as high as ...
C. c. californica (Shaw 1798) (valley California quail) C. c. catalinensis (Grinnell 1906) (Santa Catalina California quail) C. c. achrustera (Peters 1923) (San Lucas California quail) Gambel's quail, Callipepla gambelii (Gambel 1843) C. g. gambelii (Gambel 1843) (southwestern Gambel's quail) C. g. ignoscens Friedmann 1943 (Texas Gambel's quail)
Galliformes / ˌ ɡ æ l ɪ ˈ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often reared by humans for their meat and eggs, or hunted as game birds.
Prices for meat, poultry, and fish rose 1.7% in November, but prices for eggs rose 8.2%. Prior to the large bird flu outbreak in March 2022, flock numbers were at a level that supported lower egg ...
Signage notes a limit due to limited quantities of eggs at a grocery store in Manhattan Beach, Calif., on Jan. 2, 2025. Bird flu and other factors have contributed to an egg shortage in California.
About 90 northern bobwhite quail have been released at Letterkenny Army Depot and experts talk about the challenges to establish a wild population.