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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 Wagler, 1832
Species
Callipepla californica Callipepla douglasii Callipepla gambelii Callipepla squamata
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

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 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

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Genera of landfowl and their extinct allies

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 ↓

†Garrdimalga? †Mwalau †Ngawupodius
Alecturini	Aepypodius Alectura †Latagallina Leipoa †Progura Talegalla
Megapodiini	Eulipoa Macrocephalon Megapodius

Oreophasis Ortalis
Cracini	Crax Mitu Nothocrax Pauxi

†Miortyx †Nanortyx †Neortyx
Ptilopachinae	Ptilopachus
Odontophorinae	Callipepla Colinus Cyrtonyx Dactylortyx Dendrortyx Odontophorus Oreortyx Philortyx Rhynchortyx

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

†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

Taxon identifiers
Callipepla	Wikidata: Q857531 Wikispecies: Callipepla ADW: Callipepla AFD: Callipepla BOLD: 3038 CoL: 3FHD Fauna Europaea: 96429 Fauna Europaea (new): b37840d5-7f92-4a43-b23c-d2b2ef5788e1 GBIF: 2474205 iNaturalist: 1405 ITIS: 175871 NBN: NHMSYS0020930044 NCBI: 9008 NZOR: ec60c25e-a192-4794-803c-6c96c3a2709d Open Tree of Life: 728094 Paleobiology Database: 291634 Plazi: B5B9A4ED-B6AC-9A98-AFD3-8C2E9558191D ZooBank: 015CE537-5D89-4F02-B2FC-35CE0AF4C4F0

Callipepla

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