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Gambel’s Quail
Callipepla gambelii
 (L 10" WS 14" WT 0.6 oz)
More common in Arizona and New
Mexico...here found in California.
Salton Sea/Imperial
Valley area, CA
07Jan2014
female
Dark patch differs
from California Quail.
© Cornell
Ornithology
Callipepla in Greek
means
beautiful robe.
© Bob
McGuire
Macaulay
Library