Callipepla californica (California Quail)
Found in the Pacific coast region of the United States, they prefer living in open woodlands, bushy foothills, valleys with streams, and suburbs.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Callipepla_califor...
All About Birds: California Quail
Common bird of the chaparral and other western brushy areas. Profile from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/California_Quail.htm...
Biogeography of California Quail (Callipepla californica)
Discusses the natural history and distribution of California's state bird, a hen-like bird with a distinctive teardrop-shaped head plume.
bss.sfsu.edu:224/courses/Fall00Projects/Quail.html