Callipepla

Callipepla
Callipepla californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Callipepla
Wagler, 1832
Type species
Callipepla strenua[1]
Wagler, 1832
Species

Callipepla californica
Callipepla douglasii
Callipepla gambelii
Callipepla squamata

Synonyms

Lophortyx Bonaparte, 1838[2]

Callipepla is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae.[2] They are sometimes referred to as crested quails.

Species[edit]

Genus Callipepla – Wagler, 1832 – four species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
California quail


Male
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Female

Callipepla californica
(Shaw, 1798)

Seven subspecies
 Southwestern United States to the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Canada
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Diet: 		 LC 


Elegant quail


Male

 Callipepla douglasii
(Vigors, 1829) 		Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua to northern Jalisco, Mexico
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Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Gambel's quail


Male
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Female

Callipepla gambelii
(Gambel, 1843)

Two subspecies
  • C. g. fulvipectus (Nelson, 1899)
  • C. g. gambelii (Gambel, 1843)
Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California.
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Diet: 		 LC 


Scaled quail[2]


Male
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Female

Callipepla squamata
(Vigors, 1830)

Four subspecies
  • C. s. squamata Vigors, 1830
  • C. s. pallida Brewster, 1881
  • C. s. hargravei Rea, 1973
  • C. s. castanogastris Brewster, 1883
South-central Arizona, northern New Mexico, east-central Colorado, and southwestern Kansas south through western Oklahoma and western and central Texas into Mexico to northeastern Jalisco, Guanajuato, Queretaru, Hidalgo, and western Tamaulipas
Map of range 		Size:

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Diet: 		 LC 




References[edit]

  1. ^ "Odontophoridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ a b c "Callipepla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-28.

External links[edit]

Media related to Callipepla at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Callipepla at Wikispecies


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