New World Quails (Odontophoridae)
Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata) - HBW 2, p. 424
French: Colin écaillé
German: Schuppenwachtel
Spanish: Colín Escamado
Other common names: Blue Quail
Taxonomy: Ortyx squamatus Vigors, 1830, interior of Mexico.
Sometimes considered conspecific with C. douglasii. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hargravi Rea, 1973 - SE Colorado, SW Kansas, N New Mexico, W Oklahoma and NW Texas, WC USA.
- pallida Brewster, 1881 - S Arizona, S New Mexico and W Texas, SC USA, to N Chihuahua and N Sonora, NW Mexico.
- squamata (Vigors, 1830) - N Sonora and N Tamaulipas S to Valley of Mexico, Mexico.
- castanogastris Brewster, 1883 - S Texas, S USA, and NE Mexico.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird on a trunk, preening Locality Arizona, USA (United States) (ssp pallida)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2004 4 years ago 15 sec 4.5 -
An adult calling Locality Pueblo, Colorado, USA (United States) (ssp hargravi)
Steven Siegel 30 April 2005 6 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
A close-up of two birds Locality Paignton Zoo, Paignton, Devon, England, Great Britain
Josep del Hoyo 22 November 2007 3 years ago 30 sec 2.8
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Bird feeding on the ground in the shade
Locality Falcon State Park, Starr County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp castanogastris)
Photo-ay 28 February 2011 44 weeks ago 4.5 -
Male along the park road - "rear guard" of a small covy
Locality Florey County Park, Andrews County, Texas, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 11 August 2008 1 year ago 3.7 -
A bird on the ground
Locality Portal, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 28 April 2007 2 years ago 3
- No sound recordings available yet
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