Population status

California Quail
(Callipepla californica)

The California Quail is well covered by the Breeding Bird Survey, although the number of routes that report the species is low because of the species' small range in Canada. Data from those routes indicate a large increase in population since the early 1970s. Continental results also indicate an increase in population at the range-wide level, though not at the magnitude of the Canadian population. A national population goal has not been established for this introduced species.

Population goal and acceptable levels of variation

Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) - Canadian analysis

Additional information on: Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) - Canadian analysis

References

• Calkins, J.D., J. Gee, J.C. Hagelin, and D.F. Lott. 2014. California Quail (Callipepla californica), version 2.0. In: The Birds of North America (P.G. Rodewald, ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA. Calkins, J.D., J. Gee, J.C. Hagelin, and D.F. Lott. 2014. California Quail (Callipepla californica), version 2.0. In: The Birds of North America (P.G. Rodewald, ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA. (Link)
• Campbell, R.W., N.K. Dawe, I. McTaggart-Cowan, J.M. Cooper, G.W. Kaiser, and M.C.E. McNall. 1990. The Birds of British Columbia, Nonpasserines: Diurnal Birds of Prey Through Woodpeckers. Vol. 2. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C..
• Cannings, R.A., R.J. Cannings, and S.G. Cannings. 1987. Birds of the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC. 420 pp.