Elegant Quail
Callipepla douglasii
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Odontophoridae
- Genus
- Callipepla
- eBird Code
- elequa
Subspecies (5)
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Callipepla douglasii bensoni
Sonora and western Chihuahua (northwestern Mexico)
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Callipepla douglasii douglasii
western Mexico (far southern Sonora to Sinaloa and northwestern Durango)
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Callipepla douglasii impedita
arid western Mexico (Nayarit)
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Callipepla douglasii teres
arid western Mexico (northwestern Jalisco)
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Callipepla douglasii vanderbilti
Tres Marías Islands (off Nayarit, western Mexico)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.