---
title: "Californische kuifkwartel"
description: "Callipepla californica — Vogels. The California quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family, inhabiting western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/california-quail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Californische kuifkwartel

> Callipepla californica — Vogels. The California quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family, inhabiting western North America.

- Scientific name: *Callipepla californica*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 52606
- Wikidata: [Q830385](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830385)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1409](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1409)

## Names

- en: California Quail
- de: Schopfwachtel
- es: Codorniz californiana
- fr: Colin de Californie
- nl: Californische kuifkwartel
- pt: Codorniz-da-califórnia
- pl: Przepiór kalifornijski

## Countries with the most observations

US (38339), CA (4758), NZ (3459), MX (1329), CL (1147), AR (236), NF (57), FR (24), AU (3)

## Summary

The California quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family, inhabiting western North America. It is the state bird of California.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_quail

## Photo

![Californische kuifkwartel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/california-quail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/56001051

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/california-quail?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).