Elegant Quail
Callipepla douglasii(Vigors, NA, 1829)
English (US) Elegant Quail
The Elegant Quail (Callipepla douglasii) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Odontophoridae (New World Quail) in the order Galliformes.
- Scientific name
- Callipepla douglasii
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Elegant Quail
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Callipepla douglasii douglasii
- Callipepla douglasii bensoni
- Callipepla douglasii impedita
- Callipepla douglasii teres
- Callipepla douglasii vanderbilti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ortyx Douglasii
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1829)
- Type locality
- Monterey, error = Mazatlan, Sinaloa.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 4, no.15 p.354
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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