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Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Callipepla

Elegant Quail

Callipepla douglasii

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (elequa) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Callipepla

Subspecies (5)

Callipepla douglasii bensoni

Sonora and western Chihuahua (northwestern Mexico)
Callipepla douglasii douglasii

western Mexico (far southern Sonora to Sinaloa and northwestern Durango)
Callipepla douglasii impedita

arid western Mexico (Nayarit)
Callipepla douglasii teres

arid western Mexico (northwestern Jalisco)
Callipepla douglasii vanderbilti

Tres Marías Islands (off Nayarit, western Mexico)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (elequa) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.