Californian quail chick (Callipepla californica) in Wellington, New Zealand (introduced species)
Date 22 December 0007
Author Tony Wills
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quail_chick_02.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.