The quail is also known as California valley quail. Its stiffly accented Chi-ca-go call is a common sound of the chaparral and other brushy areas of California and the Northwest. It has adapted rather well to the increasing human population, and is often found around well-wooded suburbs and even large city parks. The California quail can be found from southern Oregon to southern California and east into Nevada. Quail Fig.2: Ecological zones of the California quail range. The range of this bird is around 1 million square kilometers and it has a global population nearing 1 million individual birds. (Leopold 1977) California quail are generalists and opportunists, so food intake varies by location and season. The California Quail is a handsome, round soccer ball of a bird with a rich gray breast, intricately scaled underparts, and a curious, forward-drooping head plume. Their main food items are seeds produced by various species of broad-leafed annual plants, especially legumes. Range. It likes areas with lots of brush. At the current time this bird is rated as Least Concern as there are no immediate concerns regarding the range of the population of the California Quail. The California Quail is a handsome, round soccer ball of a bird with a rich gray breast, intricately scaled underparts, and a curious, forward-drooping head plume. This sharply-marked bird with the curving topknot is common along the California coast and in a few other areas of the west. The California quail (Callipepla californica) belongs to the New World quail family and it had originally lived in the southwestern United States. The California quail lives in grasslands, foothills, woodlands, canyons and at the edge of deserts. It is a ground-dwelling species and males are particularly bulky from the middle giving it a look of a soccer ball. The California quail is sometimes called the valley quail. The California is a plump, short-tailed quail with gray and brown plumage; a prominent teardrop-shaped head plume or double plume is present in both sexes. Habitat. Its stiffly accented Chi-ca-go call is a common sound of the chaparral and other brushy areas of California and the Northwest. California Quail live in coveys at most seasons, and are often seen strutting across clearings, nodding their heads at each step.