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The scaled quail (Callipepla squamata), also commonly called blue quail or cottontop, is a species of the New World quail family. It is a bluish gray bird found in the arid regions of the Southwestern United States to Central Mexico. This species is an early offshoot of the genus Callipepla, diverging in the Pliocene. [2] This bird is named for ...
Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona , California , Colorado , New Mexico , Nevada , Utah , Texas , and Sonora ; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California .
The king quail, an Old World quail, often is sold in the pet trade, and within this trade is commonly, though mistakenly, referred to as a "button quail". Many of the common larger species are farm-raised for table food or egg consumption , and are hunted on game farms or in the wild, where they may be released to supplement the wild population ...
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C. v. texanus (Lawrence 1853) (Texas bobwhite) Callipepla Wagler 1832 (Crested quails) †Callipepla shotwelli (Brodkorb 1958) Scaled quail/blue quail Callipepla squamata (Vigors 1830) C. s. pallida Brewster 1881 (northern scaled quail) C. s. hargravei Rea 1973 (Upper Sonoran scaled quail) C. s. castanogastris Brewster 1883 (chestnut-bellied ...
Geotrygon is a bird genus in the pigeon and dove family ().Its members are called quail-doves, and all live in the Neotropics.The species of this genus have ranges from southern Mexico and Central America to the West Indies and South America, with 2 species recorded as occasional vagrants reported in Texas and Florida in the United States.
A partridge is a medium-sized galliform bird in any of several genera, with a wide native distribution throughout parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. Several species have been introduced to the Americas. They are sometimes grouped in the Perdicinae subfamily of the Phasianidae (pheasants, quail, etc.).
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