#callipepla gambelii

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Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

© Nathan Wall

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Gambel's quails (Callipepla gambelii)

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Gambel's quail at the Bosque del Apache National Wildife Refuge in New Mexico, USA. May 2023

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“Partridge Family” - Gambel’s Quail, Callipepla gambelii

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Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii), male and female, family Odontophoridae, order Galliformes, western USA

photograph by Rex Short

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This animal was requested!

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Animal of the Day!

Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

(Photo by Jason Vassallo)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Southwestern United States; Mexico

Size (Weight/Length)- 200 g

Diet- Leaves; Fruits; Seeds; Insects

Cool Facts- The Gambel’s quail is a species of ground quail that is surprisingly speedy despite their short legs. While both sexes have their iconic topknots and scaly looking wings, only males have their brilliant facial markings. Being monogamous, during the fall juvenile males will start courting females. Finding a high spot, such as a large rock, bush, or the top of a cactus, the males stretch their heads out and coo. After winning over a mate and raising a family, the chicks often stay with their parents to raise the next generation of their siblings before splitting off.

Rating- 12/10 (My Coturnix have made me love all quail species.)

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US 2017 $0.03 Strawberries US 1999 $0.33 Gambel's quail, Callipepla gambelii

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Critter fact #6:

The California Quail (Callipepla californica) is the national bird of Molossia, and the state bird of California. The scale-like pattern on its underparts distinguishes it from the similar Gambel's Quail (C. gambelii), and the pattern being restricted to the underparts distinguishes it from the Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata).

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Gambel’s quail / codorniz de Gambel (Callipepla gambelii).

At Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary, Cochise County, Arizona. 

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Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

© Iris Kilpatrick

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Gambel's Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

© Bryan Calk

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Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii)

taken at the ABQ Biopark in Albuquerque

status: least concern

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I took this through a glass door from some distance away, so the quality isn’t great, but... look! Quail in a tree!!

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Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii), male, family Odontophoridae, order Galliformes, Arizona, USA

photograph by Christopher Gutierrez

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31 Aug 2017 Gambel’s Quail