Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Callipepla

Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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William Harmon · CC_BY_4_0

Callipepla squamata castanogastris

southern Texas (southern USA) to northern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, and eastern Coahuila)
Callipepla squamata hargravei

southeastern Colorado to Oklahoma, southwestern Kansas, and northwestern Texas (central USA)
Callipepla squamata pallida

southern Arizona to western Texas (USA), and northern Sonora and Chihuahua (northern Mexico)
Callipepla squamata squamata

northern to central Mexico (northern Sonora and Tamaulipas southward to valley of México)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.