Callipepla

Callipepla
Callipepla californica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Odontophoridae
Genus:	Callipepla Wagler, 1832
Type species
Callipepla strenua[1] Wagler, 1832
Species
Callipepla californica Callipepla douglasii Callipepla gambelii Callipepla squamata
Synonyms
Lophortyx Bonaparte, 1838[2]

Callipepla is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae.^[2] They are sometimes referred to as crested quails.

Species

Genus Callipepla – Wagler, 1832 – four species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
California quail Male Female	Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) Seven subspecies C. c. californica (Shaw, 1798) C. c. achrustera (Peters, 1923) C. c. brunnescens (Ridgway, 1884) C. c. canfieldae (Van Rossem, 1939) C. c. catalinensis (Grinnell, 1906) C. c. orecta (Oberholser, 1932) C. c. plumbea (Grinnell, 1926)	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 Female	Callipepla gambelii (Gambel, 1843) Two subspecies C. g. fulvipectus (Nelson, 1899) C. g. gambelii (Gambel, 1843)	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[2] Male Female	Callipepla squamata (Vigors, 1830) Four subspecies C. s. squamata Vigors, 1830 C. s. pallida Brewster, 1881 C. s. hargravei Rea, 1973 C. s. castanogastris Brewster, 1883	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

References

External links

Media related to Callipepla at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Callipepla at Wikispecies

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Genera of landfowl and their extinct allies

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Aves
• Superorder: Galloanserae
• Clade: Pangalliformes

Pangalliformes
incertae sedis †Anisolornis? †Archaeophasianus? †Argillipes? †Austinornis †Chambiortyx †Coturnipes? †"Gigantibis"? †Litoripes? †Percolinus? †Tegulavis? †Gallinuloididae Gallinuloides Paraortygoides †Paraortygidae Paraortyx Pirortyx Scopelortyx Xorazmortyx †Quercymegapodiidae Ameripodius Quercymegapodius Taubacrex †Sylviornithidae Megavitiornis Sylviornis Galliformes See below ↓

Galliformes
Galliformes †Amitabha †Bumbanipodius †Bumbanortyx †Linquornis †Namaortyx †Palaeoalectoris †Procrax †Sobniogallus †Taoperdix Megapodiidae †Garrdimalga? †Mwalau †Ngawupodius Alecturini Aepypodius Alectura †Latagallina Leipoa †Progura Talegalla Megapodiini Eulipoa Macrocephalon Megapodius Cracidae †Archaealectrornis †Boreortalis †Palaeonossax †Procrax Penelopinae Aburria Chamaepetes Penelope Penelopina Pipile Cracinae Oreophasis Ortalis Cracini Crax Mitu Nothocrax Pauxi Phasianoidea See below ↓

Phasianoidea
Numididae Acryllium Agelastes Guttera Numida †Telecrex Odontophoridae †Miortyx †Nanortyx †Neortyx Ptilopachinae Ptilopachus Odontophorinae Callipepla Colinus Cyrtonyx Dactylortyx Dendrortyx Odontophorus Oreortyx Philortyx Rhynchortyx Phasianidae See below ↓

Phasianidae
Phasianidae †Bantamyx †Centuriavis †Diangallus †Eurobambusicola †Lophogallus †Megalocoturnix †Miogallus †Mioryaba †Palaeocryptonyx †Palaeortyx †Panraogallus †Pliogallus †Plioperdix †Rustaviornis †Schaubortyx †Shandongornis †Shanxiornis †Titanoperdix †Tologuica Rollulinae Arborophila Caloperdix Melanoperdix Rhizothera Rollulus Xenoperdix Pavoninae Tropicoperdix Coturnicini Alectoris Ammoperdix Coturnix Margaroperdix †?Ophrysia Perdicula Pternistis Synoicus Tetraogallus Gallini Bambusicola Campocolinus Francolinus Gallus Ortygornis Peliperdix Scleroptila Pavonini Afropavo Argusianus Pavo Rheinardia Polyplectronini Galloperdix Haematortyx Polyplectron Phasianinae †Chauvireria Ithaginis Lerwa Lophophorini Lophophorus Tetraophasis Tragopan Phasianini Catreus Chrysolophus Crossoptilon Lophura Perdix Phasianus Syrmaticus Tetraonini Bonasa Canachites Centrocercus Dendragapus Falcipennis Lagopus Lyrurus Meleagris †Palaealectoris †Proagriocharis Pucrasia †Rhegminornis Tetrao Tetrastes Tympanuchus

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