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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 .
C. g. fulvipectus Nelson 1899 (fulvous-breasted Gambel's quail) C. g. stephensi Phillips 1959 (Stephen's Gambel's quail) Cyrtonyx Gould 1844 †Cyrtonyx cooki Gutierrez et al. 1981; Ocellated quail, Cyrtonyx ocellatus (Gould 1837) Montezuma quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vigors 1830) C. m. mearnsi Nelson 1900 (Mearns's Montezuma quail)
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The California quail (Callipepla californica), also known as the California valley quail or Valley quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. These birds have a curving crest, plume or topknot made of six feathers, that droops forward: black in males and brown in females; the flanks are brown with white streaks.
The king quail, an Old World quail, often is sold in the pet trade, and within this trade is commonly, though mistakenly, referred to as a "button quail". Many of the common larger species are farm-raised for table food or egg consumption , and are hunted on game farms or in the wild, where they may be released to supplement the wild population ...
The mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. This species is the only one in the genus Oreortyx, which is sometimes included in Callipepla. This is not appropriate, however, as the mountain quail's ancestors diverged from other New World quails earlier than the bobwhites, no later than 6 ...