California quail

Callipepla californica · Odontophoridae

The California quail, also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family, inhabiting western North America. It is the state bird of California.

Where the California quail lives

Recorded in United States of America (North America, South America and Oceania).

Introduced, not native, in Canada, Chile and New Zealand.

Most records fall in California, British Columbia, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wellington.

See the California quail’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 1,486,070 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.