CALIFORNIAN QUAIL

Photographed at Shakespear Regional Park, June 2017

(*   747)                CALIFORNIAN QUAIL                Callipepla californica  

NEW ZEALAND                19

Introduced from North America and now common over most of New Zealand, except bottom of South Island. 25 cm. Found in open country with patches of low scrub, riverbeds flanked by willows and gorse.

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.