The California quail (Callipepla californica) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. Their closest relative is Gambel's quail which has a more southerly distribution and a longer crest, a brighter head and lacks the scaly...
Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is named in honor of William Gambel, a 19th-century naturalist and explorer of the Southwestern United States. The species is not as widely...
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...
The elegant quail (Callipepla douglasii ) is a species of New World quail endemic to Pacific-slope thorn forest of north-western Mexico, from southern Sonora to Nayarit. These are common, mainly ground-dwelling birds, and the IUCN has rated them as...
