Gambel's Quail
Callipepla gambelii(Gambel, W, 1843)
English (US) Gambel's Quail
The Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii) 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 gambelii
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gambel's Quail
- Described by
- (Gambel, W, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Callipepla gambelii gambelii
- Callipepla gambelii ignoscens
- Callipepla gambelii fulvipectus
- Callipepla gambelii stephensi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Lophortyx Gambelii
- Described by
- (Gambel, W, 1843)
- Type locality
- 'Some distance west [i.e. east] of California' = southern Nevada, fide A. 0. U. committee 1910.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1 p.260
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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