California quail

California quail
noun
plump chunky bird of coastal California and Oregon
• Hypernyms: ↑quail

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: a quail (Lophortyx californica) having an erectile black crest, the back brownish gray, the throat black bordered by white, the breast bluish, and the belly and flanks marked with black, white, and chestnut; especially : a member of the typical subspecies (L. c. californica) inhabiting the humid coast region of Oregon and California — compare valley quail

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a quail, Callipepla californica, of the western coast of the U.S., having grayish-brown plumage with black, white, and chestnut markings.
[1825-35, Amer.]

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California quail,
a quail with an erect, nodding plume above the forehead, common west of the Rockies.

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