The most common subspecies, it occurs from Arizona and New Mexico to Colorado and just into Oklahoma, and western Texas, northern Chihuahua, and Sonora. It is the palest subspecies, adapted to dry and sandy habitat.Ĭallipepla squamata pallida (Northern Scaled Quail) The chestnut brown belly distinguishes it from all other subspecies it is also darker than the other two found in the USA.Ĭallipepla squamata hargravei (Upper Sonoran Scaled Quail)Ī form of arid habitat, it is only found in the area where the states of Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma meet, and in northwestern New Mexico. Similar individuals are sometimes found in the extreme northeast and west of the species' range. Scaled quail has formed several subspecies, 3 of which range into the USA:Ĭallipepla squamata castanogastris (Chestnut-bellied Scaled Quail)įound in southern Texas from Eagle Pass and San Antonio south to adjacent northwestern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas). It has been introduced to Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and to the United States in Hawaii, central Washington, eastern Nevada, and Nebraska, but is only considered established in central Washington and eastern Nevada. Scaled quail occur from south-central Arizona, northern New Mexico, east-central Colorado, and southwestern Kansas south through western Oklahoma and western and central Texas into Mexico to northeastern Jalisco, Guanajuato, Queretaru, Hidalgo, and western Tamaulipas. Widespread and common throughout its range, the scaled quail is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly. The nest is typically a grass-lined hollow containing 9–16 speckled eggs. Along with its scaly markings, the bird is easily identified by its white crest that resembles a tuft of cotton. This bird is named for the scaly appearance of its breast and back feathers. This species is an early offshoot of the genus Callipepla, diverging in the Pliocene. It is a bluish gray bird found in the arid regions of the Southwestern United States to Central Mexico.
The Scaled quail ( Callipepla squamata), also commonly called blue quail or cottontop, is a species of New World quail in the Odontophoridae family. Southwestern United States to Central Mexico.
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