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NZ [California] Quail
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NZ [California] Quail (Callipepla californica)

NZ Quail.
This photo was digiscoped with a Fuji F30 and a Zeiss spotting scope.
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Habitat
Front Lawn
Location
Ohaupo
Date taken
2/11/08
Scientific name
Callipepla californica
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Again Greg this is an introduced Californian Quail not to be confused with the endemic NZ Quail Coturnix novaelandiae, which became extinct in 1875.
Rookery.
 
Marmot
They are welcome to introduce these to the UK as well, I think they are quite lovely bird.
 

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New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
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