Callipepla
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 | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Odontophoridae |
Genus: | Callipepla Wagler, 1832 |
Type species | |
Callipepla strenua[1] Wagler, 1832 | |
Species | |
Callipepla californica | |
Synonyms | |
Lophortyx Bonaparte, 1838[2] |
Species
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) | California quail | Southwestern United States to the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Canada | |
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[2] | 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 | |
References
- "Odontophoridae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- "Callipepla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
External links
Media related to Callipepla at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Callipepla at Wikispecies
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