• Tetrao californicus Shaw, G. in Shaw, G. & Nodder, F.P. 1798. The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. London Vol. 9 pls 325–348, unnumbered pages. [pl. 345 and text].

Generic Combinations

• Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798). —
  Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [60]
• Lophortyx californica (Shaw, 1798). —
  Holman, J.A. 1964. Osteology of gallinaceous birds. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Science 27: 230-252 [232]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from West coast of United States via New Zealand..

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Flinders (FLI)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

BirdLife Australia 2019. The BirdLife Australia working list of Australian birds; Version 3. BirdLife Australia. https://birdlife.org.au/documents/BWL-BirdLife_Australia_Working_List_v3.xlsx [accessed 22 Apr 2020]

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [60] (California Quail)

History of changes

• Lophortyx californica brunnescens Ridgway 1884. Descriptions of some new North American birds. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 2: 89-95 [94].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) USNM A 2829 ♂, San Francisco, California, USA; USNM A 2830 ♀, San Francisco, California, USA
  Comment: type location also given as "Santa Barbara, California" in error (see Peters, 1934).

  Type locality references:

  Peters, J.L. 1934. Check-list of Birds of the World. Cambridge : Harvard University Press Vol. 2 xvii 401 pp. [44].

Generic Combinations

• Callipepla californica brunnescens (Ridgway, 1884). —
  Checklist Committee, Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Inc. (E.G. Turbott, Convener) 1990. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Auckland : Random Century xv 247 pp. [113]

Introduction

Of the six recognised subspecies of C. californica, the Checklist Committee, Ornithological Society of New Zealand (2010) include only C. californica brunnescens as present in New Zealand. Australian populations were derived from New Zealand and we follow the Checklist Committee (2010) in referring these populations to C. c. brunnescens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Former New Zealand birds introduced to King Island, TAS, and Norfolk Island, NSW.

Introduced from West coast of United States via New Zealand..

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Flinders (FLI)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

General References

Checklist Committee, Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Inc. (B.J. Gill, Convener) 2010. Checklist Committee, Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Inc. (E.G. Turbott, Convener) 1990. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Auckland : Random Century xv 247 pp. Wellington, New Zealand : Te Papa Press 4, pp. 1-500. [24-25]

Common Name References

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [60] (California Quail)

History of changes