California Quail
Callipepla californica
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Odontophoridae
- Genus
- Callipepla
- eBird Code
- calqua
Subspecies (5)
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Callipepla californica achrustera
central and southern Baja California (northwestern Mexico)
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Callipepla californica brunnescens
far northern coastal California to southern Santa Cruz County (western USA); introduced Corsica, Kangaroo and King islands (off South Australia and Tasmania), Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Hawaii, Chile, and west-central Argentina
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Callipepla californica californica
eastern Oregon (western USA) to northwestern Mexico
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Callipepla californica canfieldae
Owens Valley of east-central California (western USA)
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Callipepla californica catalinensis
Santa Catalina Island (off southern California) (southwestern USA)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.