Scaled quail / Schuppenwachtel (Callipepla squamata)

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Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Callipepla (Callipepla); Family American quails (Odontophoridae)
General: 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] [more]