Scaled Quail
Callipepla squamata(Vigors, NA, 1830)
English (US) Scaled Quail
The Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata) 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 squamata
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scaled Quail
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Callipepla squamata pallida
- Callipepla squamata hargravei
- Callipepla squamata castanogastris
- Callipepla squamata squamata
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ortyx squamatus
- Described by
- (Vigors, NA, 1830)
- Type locality
- Mexico.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 5, no.18 p.275
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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