Burung buruan (Game Birds)
California Quail
Callipepla californica
- umum
- 28 km/h
- Pemula
- Risiko rendah
Topknot bobbing, covey of twenty trotting through the chaparral. Delivers messages in a parade.
- Populasi
- ~5.8 million mature individuals; population trend increasing (~1.1%/yr, 1970–2017)
- Habitat
- Chaparral, scrubland, foothill woodlands, and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation; also grasslands, hot deserts, temperate forest edges, and agricultural/pastureland, favoring dense low cover near open ground for foraging; occurs from sea level up to about 2,800 m elevation.
- Fakta menarik
- The comma-shaped head plume that gives the California Quail its jaunty look isn't a single feather but a cluster of six overlapping feathers.
- Sebaran
- Native to the Pacific coast of western North America, from southern Oregon and western Nevada south through California to Baja California, Mexico. The British Columbia (and, by extension, western Washington) population is introduced/naturalized rather than native, established via 19th-century human introduction. Widely introduced and established elsewhere, including Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru, New Zealand, Australia (incl. Norfolk Island, King Island/Tasmania), South Africa, Hawaii, and parts of the US Southwest/Intermountain West outside its native range (Nevada, Utah, New Mexico). Non-migratory (resident) throughout its range.
- Makanan
- Primarily a ground forager on seeds, grains, and leaves (e.g., lupine, clover), supplemented with berries (e.g., toyon) and insects; obtains most moisture from succulent vegetation and food, needing free water mainly during sustained heat.
- Ukuran
- 0,255 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,345 m
- Masa hidup
- 2,5 tahun
