Elegant Quail vs Scaled Quail
Callipepla douglasii comparado con Callipepla squamata
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Atributo | Elegant Quail | Scaled Quail |
|---|---|---|
| Nombre científico | Callipepla douglasii | Callipepla squamata |
| Orden | Galliformes | Galliformes |
| Familia | Odontophoridae | Odontophoridae |
| Estado de conservación | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Longitud | — | — |
| Envergadura | 22,6 cm (8.9 in) | 23,2 cm (9.1 in) |
| Peso | 182,16666666666666 g (6.43 oz) | 195,5 g (6.90 oz) |
| Dieta | Eats seeds, berries, and plant material in Mexican tropical dry forests and thorn scrub. Also … | Feeds on seeds, leaves, and cacti in arid southwestern US scrubland. Takes invertebrates especially during … |
| Tamaño de la puesta | 8-20 | 3-16 |
| Population Trend | — | — |
Habitat Comparison
Song & Call Comparison
Elegant Quail
Male emits a high, clear whistle-coo; coveys call with rapid, chattering notes. Calls are melodious for a quail; the whistled male call carries across western Mexican thornscrub.
Scaled Quail
Male gives a nasal, emphatic pay-COS call; coveys scatter with rapid, chattering clucks. The distinctive, nasal pay-COS call is the species' advertising call; carries across desert grassland.
Geographic Range & Migration
Elegant Quail
Endemic to the Pacific coast of Mexico from southern Sonora to Colima. Found in thorn scrub and tropical dry forest.
Scaled Quail
Resident in the semi-arid grasslands and desert scrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Found in arid and semi-arid plains.
Estado de conservación
Elegant Quail
Scaled Quail
How to Tell Them Apart
Elegant Quail
Male has chestnut-brown body with white-spotted flanks; grey breast; chestnut face with white spots; forward-curving reddish-brown plume. Female is duller brown with buff spotting and smaller crest.
Scaled Quail
Bluish-grey overall with black-edged feathers creating prominent scaly pattern on breast and flanks; white-tipped crest fluffy and pale; back brownish-grey; sexes similar but female slightly duller.
About These Birds
Elegant Quail
Codorniz de Gambel montañosa de 22–25 cm con penacho corto, habita en los matorrales áridos del noroeste de México.
Scaled Quail
Codorniz escamosa de 25–30 cm con plumaje escamoso gris, habita en los matorrales áridos y semiáridos del suroeste de EE.UU. y norte de México.