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Range Map for California Quail

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Migration

Resident. Rarely moves more than 10 miles from where it hatched.

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Species in This Family

New World Quail(Order: Galliformes, Family: Odontophoridae)

Northern Bobwhite

California Quail

Montezuma Quail

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