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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Callipepla squamata | Scaled Quail 



ABBREVIATION : 
CASQ

COMMON NAMES : 
   scaled quail
   blue quail
   cottontop


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for scaled quail is Callipepla
squamata (Vigors).  It is a member of the pheasant family (Phasianidae)
(Sibley and Monroe classify this group as Odontiphoridae) [25].
Subspecies listed by Johnsgard [15] include the following:

Callipepla squamata ssp. castanogastris Brewster (chestnut-bellied quail)
C. s. ssp. hargravei Rea 
C. s. ssp. pallida Brewster
C. s. ssp. squamata (Vigors).

Scaled quail hybridize with Gambel's quail (C. gambelii) [1], and with
northern bobwhites (Collinus virginiana) where their ranges overlap
[29].  Hybrids of scaled quail and elegant quail (C. douglasii) are
sterile [15].


ORDER : 
Galliformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet Sullivan, July 1994


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Sullivan, Janet. 1994. Callipepla squamata. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Callipepla squamata | Scaled Quail