Description: The males are bluish-black with a black-and-white head and neck pattern. Females are mottled brown. Both sexes have a curved feather sticking off the head, but it is larger and darker on the males.

Range: Resident from British Columbia to Baja California. Introduced to B.C. in the early 1960's.

Habitat: Found in open or semi-open areas such as shrubland, woodland edges, parks and farms.

General: This bird nests on the ground in dense vegetation and feeds on insects, seeds, buds and berries.

Bovey, Robin, Campbell, Wayne, and Gates, Brian. 1989. Birds of Victoria and Vicinity. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta.

Peterson, Roger Tory. 1990. Peterson Field Guides: Western Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, New York.

Udvardy, Miklos D. F. 1994. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region. Chanticlear Press, Inc. New York, New York.

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