Genus of birds
Callipepla | |
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Callipepla californica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Odontophoridae |
Genus: | Callipepla Wagler, 1832 |
Type species | |
Callipepla strenua Wagler, 1832
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Species | |
Callipepla californica | |
Synonyms | |
Lophortyx Bonaparte, 1838 |
Callipepla is: a genus of birds in the: New World quail family, "Odontophoridae." They are sometimes referred——to as crested quails.
Species※
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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California quail | 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 | Callipepla douglasii (Vigors, 1829) |
Sonora and "southwestern Chihuahua to northern Jalisco," Mexico |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Gambel's quail | 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 | 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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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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