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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
14/05/2024 07:24:40 AM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Elegant Quail*
Id (Atlas):
Callipepla douglasii
Endemic
Description (10 )
Elegant Quail
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Other Scientific Names
Lophortyx douglasii [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Other Names (World)
Elegant Quail, Douglas Quail
Family
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)
Size
25 - 26 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Vigors, 1829)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry forest. From sea-level - 1,550 m.
Mexico.
Introduced to USA (E).
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 100,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
'Cleek' notes. Also 'puk-cwaw' or 'cwa-heet'.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)... )
Listen to XC448065
Elegant Quail (Callipepla douglasii ) [XC448065 ]
by Richard E. Webster from Parque La Colorada, \u00c1lamos, Sonora, Mexico (song)
Listen to XC740109
Elegant Quail (Callipepla douglasii ) [XC740109 ]
by id from Upper Caj\u00f3n del Carrizo, San Pedro de la Cueva, Sonora, Mexico (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata ). Some debate over status and relationship of subspecies douglasii and impedita . Validity of languens also questionable.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
bensoni Ridgway, 1887 - Sonora, north-western Mexico.
languens (Friedmann, 1943) - Western Chihuahua, north-western Mexico.
douglasii (Vigors, 1829) - Southern Sonora, Sinaloa, north-western Durango and northern Nayarit, western Mexico.
impedita (Friedmann, 1943) - Central and southern Nayarit, western Mexico.
teres (Friedmann, 1943) - North-western Jalisco, west-central Mexico.
vanderbilti (Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1944) - Tres Marias Is. (off west-central Mexico).
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Elegant Quail see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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