California Quail Callipepla californica, Marin Headlands, California
Date 1 May 2007, 14:48
Source quail in hemlock
Author matt knoth http://www.flickr.com/people/18158503@N00 from San Francisco, yesicannibus
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callipepla_californica.jpg

The California valley quail or California quail or valley quail (Callipepla californica) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These quails 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.