The California quail is sometimes called the California partridge, Catalina quail, or valley quail. The plumage on its head gives it the names helmet quail and top-knot quail.

The California quail is a small (9½ -11 inches long), plump chicken like bird with a short black plume sprouting forward from the top of its head. California quails are gray with a dark brown head. The upper parts of the body are gray to brown-gray. The breast is blue-gray, the belly finely scaled, and the

Male California quail usually weigh about 6 1/4 ounces on average, females slightly less.

Some facts:

• California quail have been clocked flying fifty eight miles per hour

• ground speeds have been clocked in excess of  12 miles per hour

• Unlike Bobwhite quail who roost on the ground, California quail roost in trees or shrubs.

• The California quail is the state bird of California

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