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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 .
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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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Both Button and Coturnix quail have different feather coloring due to years of breeding. The common and wild Coturnix quail color is the Pharaoh breed, which is a brown feather color. The Button quail has a red belly, blue body, black and white head, and a brown back all in one (only present in males; females are a brown color all over).
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. Males ...
William Gambel (June 1823 – December 13, 1849) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, and botanist from Philadelphia. As a young man he worked closely with the renowned naturalist Thomas Nuttall .