Callipepla californica
- 32 × 25 mm
- Clutch: 12–16 eggs
Breeds in Canada, United States, Mexico, Argentina, Chile
White to creamy with variable brown markings.
Sources of information
- Size
- Average of 60 eggs: Bent, Life Histories of North American Gallinaceous Birds (U.S. National Museum Bulletin 162, 1932), p. 60.
- Description
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds: California Quail, Life History.
Drawing checked against a photo: Wikimedia Commons photo; Bird Eggs of Canada photo (Royal Saskatchewan Museum). - Clutch
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds.
- Shape
- Drawn from the length and width, with the taper estimated from the typical eggs of its group (how these eggs are drawn).
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