Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Euornithes
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Ornithurae
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Galloanseres
Ordo: Galliformes
Familia: Odontophoridae
Genus: Callipepla
Species: C. californica - C. douglasii - C. gambelii - C. squamata
Name
Callipepla Wagler, 1832
Callipepla is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae.[1] They are sometimes referred to as crested quails.
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) | California quail | Southwestern United States to the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Canada |
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Callipepla douglasii (Vigors, 1829) | elegant quail | Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua to northern Jalisco, Mexico |
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Callipepla gambelii (Gambel, 1843) | Gambel's quail | Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California. |
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Callipepla squamata (Vigors, 1830) | scaled quail[1] | 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 |
References
"Callipepla". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
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