Callipepla
Genus of birds
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Callipepla is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae.[2] They are sometimes referred to as crested quails.
| Callipepla | |
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| Callipepla californica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Odontophoridae |
| Genus: | Callipepla Wagler, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Callipepla strenua[1] Wagler, 1832 | |
| Species | |
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Callipepla californica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lophortyx Bonaparte, 1838[2] | |
Species
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California quail
Male
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Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) Seven subspecies
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Southwestern United States to the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Canada |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Elegant quail
Male |
Callipepla douglasii (Vigors, 1829) |
Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua to northern Jalisco, Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Gambel's quail
Male
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Callipepla gambelii (Gambel, 1843) Two subspecies
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Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Scaled quail[2]
Male
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Callipepla squamata (Vigors, 1830) Four subspecies
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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 |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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