Showing posts with label Californian Quail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Californian Quail. Show all posts

Thursday, January 14, 2016

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.