California Quail Images, Facts and Information:
Callipepla californica
- California Quail are small, round upland game birds with forward drooping black to brown head plumes, gray breasts and intricately scaled underparts. Their flanks are brown with white streaks, they have black bills and eyes and gray legs. Female California Quail lack the dark central path on their bellies.
- California Quail are nonmigratory. Originally their range was from southern Oregon to Baja California, they have been introduced to the Pacific Northwest, Nevada, Idaho, Utah and Arizona and now thrive in those locations.
- Preferred habitats for California Quail include live oak canyons, deserts, foothills and suburbs.
- California Quail eat seeds, fruits, berries, leaves, flowers, grasses, grains and insects.
- California Quail lay 12 to 16 eggs which hatch in 18 to 23 days. The female incubates and they are monogamous. Both parents rear the young.
- A group of quail can be called a “drift”, “flush”, “rout”, “battery” and “shake” of quails.
- California Quail can live to be more than six years old.
I hope you enjoy viewing my California Quail photos.
Spring California Quail male on the run
Title: Spring California Quail male on the run
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 4/16/2023
California Quail male and fall leaves
Title: California Quail male and fall leaves
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2022
Foraging California Quail male in autumn leaves
Title: Foraging California Quail male in autumn leaves
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2022
Female California Quail in an urban setting
Title: Female California Quail in an urban setting
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2022
Male California Quail on an urban trail
Title: Male California Quail on an urban trail
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 10/30/2022
California Quail male on a rock
Title: California Quail male on a rock
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 9/26/2019
Male California Quail close up
Title: Male California Quail close up
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/14/2018
Male California Quail yawning
Title: Male California Quail yawning
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/13/2018
Male California Quail on a fence rail
Title: Male California Quail on a fence rail
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/20/2018
California Quail hen on a fence
Title: California Quail hen on a fence
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/20/2018
Hen California Quail walking on a fence rail
Title: Hen California Quail walking on a fence rail
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/20/2018
Fluffed up female and male California Quail
Title: Fluffed up female and male California Quail
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/20/2018
California Quail male on a gate
Title: California Quail male on a gate
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/20/2018
Male California Quail on a fence post
Title: Male California Quail on a fence post
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/20/2018
Male California Quail running in morning light
Title: Male California Quail running in morning light
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/26/2018
California Quail hen back view
Title: California Quail hen back view
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/26/2018
California Quail moving towards cover
Title: California Quail moving towards cover
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/26/2018
California Quail hen close up in autumn
Title: California Quail hen close up in autumn
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/26/2018
California Quail hen perched in a tree
Title: California Quail hen perched in a tree
Location: Davis County, Utah
Date: 10/12/2018
Male California Quail crossing a sidewalk
Title: Male California Quail crossing a sidewalk
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 12/18/2017