CALIFORNIAN QUAIL

Photographed on Norfolk Island January 2016

747               CALIFORNIAN QUAIL                 Callipepla californica

Australia             (590)

Introduced species. Found in rank grassland in scrubs, stunted woodlands; dense tea-tree thickets. Range: w. N. America; introduced to parts NSW, Vic., Tas., from 1863. Most introductions failed, but remains fairly common King Is., Bass Strait and Norfolk Island. Sedentary.