Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)

About Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Chordates
• Class: Birds
• Order: Turkey-like birds
• Family: New World Quail

The currently accepted scientific name for scaled quail is Callipepla
squamata (Vigors). It is a member of the pheasant family (Phasianidae)
(Sibley and Monroe classify this group as Odontiphoridae) [25].
Subspecies listed by Johnsgard [15] include the following:

Callipepla squamata ssp. castanogastris Brewster (chestnut-bellied quail)
C. s. ssp. hargravei Rea
C. s. ssp. pallida Brewster
C. s. ssp. squamata (Vigors).

Scaled quail hybridize with Gambel's quail (C. gambelii) [1], and with
northern bobwhites (Collinus virginiana) where their ranges overlap
[29]. Hybrids of scaled quail and elegant quail (C. douglasii) are
sterile [15].