California quail


Also found in: Thesaurus, Wikipedia.

California quail

n.
A plump chunky bird (Callipepla californica) of western North America, having gray and brown plumage and a curving black plume on the crown of the head.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.California quail - plump chunky bird of coastal California and OregonCalifornia quail - plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon
quail - small gallinaceous game birds
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
QUAIL SEASON: Gambel's, Scaled, and California quail, Oct.
California quail (Callipepla californica) are fed with seed mixture, commercial quail ration, vegetables (mostly lettuce), boiled egg meal, and a few live mealworms and termites.
Art entries in the Upland Game Bird division must feature the California quail, shown in its natural habitat.
of bobwhite 1 2 3 b) California quail 1 2 3 c) other sp: -- 1 2 3 Flushing census a) No.
For example, he suggested the Stellar's jays for the thieves who stole the three kittens' mittens, and also the California quail for the "Old woman who lived in a shoe...
I'd hazard a guess that, like Huns, woodcock and snipe, valley quail are taken most often by sportsmen pursuing something else, with the possible exception of California hunters, (their official name is California quail, after all).
Surrounded by wine country, this sprawling 19,000-acre ranch offers California quail, bobwhite quail, chukars and pheasants.
The California quail screams Chicago, while the long-tailed manakin says Toledo.
Feral cats, meanwhile, are pitted against California Quail at Bidwell Park in Chico, California, and against rare ground-nesting birds such as California black rail and Western snowy plover at California's East Bay Regional Park District.
A recent report says that these states could lose their state birds: Maryland Baltimore oriole California California quail Georgia brown thrasher Iowa American goldfinch Massachusetts black-capped chickadee New Hampshire purple finches Washington American goldfinch
It also provides background information about legislative activities in the State Capitol, describes the California State Seal and Flag, and identifies the five state symbols (California quail, California grizzly bear, poppy/flame flower, California redwood, golden trout).
The box proved its worth on a California quail outing in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Full browser ?