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Gambel's quail

Gambel's quail
Male Gambel's quail in Las Vegas, Nevada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Callipepla
Species:
C. gambelii
Binomial name
Callipepla gambelii
(Gambel, 1843)

Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California. Gambel's quail is named in honor of William Gambel, a 19th-century naturalist and explorer of the Southwestern United States.

The species is not as widely introduced as the related California quail. It was, however, released on San Clemente Island in 1912 by Charles T. Howland et al., where it is currently still established.[2]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Callipepla gambelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22679609A138721794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22679609A138721794.en. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. ^ Huey 1932.

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