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California Quail
Callipepla californica · Family Odontophoridae
Callipepla californica
Family Odontophoridae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Odontophoridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,490,895
- Countries and territories with records
- 62
About this species
This species has 1,490,895 occurrence records from 62 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (83.4%), Canada (9%), Chile (3.1%), New Zealand (2.5%) and Mexico (1.1%); together they account for 99.2% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.11% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Callipepla californica combines the genus name Callipepla with the species epithet californica. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Callipepla; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Callipepla gambelii, Callipepla squamata and Callipepla douglasii.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 34 species of the family Odontophoridae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 15.8 times the family average (94,293). The family Odontophoridae belongs to the order Galliformes, which has 278 species in the Warbla app catalog.