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Callipepla
Genus of birds
Callipepla is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae. They are sometimes referred to as crested quails.
01Species
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California quail Male
|
Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) Seven subspecies
|
Southwestern United States to the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Canada |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC |
| Elegant quail Male |
Callipepla douglasii (Vigors, 1829) |
Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua to northern Jalisco, Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC |
| Gambel's quail Male
|
Callipepla gambelii (Gambel, 1843) Two subspecies
|
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 |
| Scaled quail Male
|
Callipepla squamata (Vigors, 1830) Four subspecies
|
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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