Callipepla
Callipepla is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae.[1] 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 |
| Species | |
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Callipepla californica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lophortyx Bonaparte, 1838[1] | |
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) | California quail | Southwestern United States |
_(cropped).jpg) | Callipepla douglasii (Vigors, 1829) | elegant quail | Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua to northern Jalisco, Mexico |
 | Callipepla gambelii (Gambel, 1843) | Gambel's quail | Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California. |
 | Callipepla squamata (Vigors, 1830) | scaled quail[1] | 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 |
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References
- "Callipepla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
External links
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