Gambel's Quail vs Scaled Quail

Callipepla gambelii 比較対象 Callipepla squamata

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Gambel's Quail Scaled Quail
学名 Callipepla gambelii Callipepla squamata
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 22.6 cm (8.9 in) 23.2 cm (9.1 in)
体重 175.41666666666666 g (6.19 oz) 195.5 g (6.90 oz)
食性 Feeds on seeds, leaves, and cacti fruits in Sonoran and Chihuahuan desert scrub. Invertebrates important … Feeds on seeds, leaves, and cacti in arid southwestern US scrubland. Takes invertebrates especially during …
一腹卵数 9-19 3-16
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Gambel's Quail only

None

Scaled Quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Gambel's Quail

さえずり

Loud, descending 'chi-CA-go' call of 3–4 notes; males give repetitive assembly calls. Alarm is rapid staccato clucking; flocks produce soft conversational chi-chi notes.

Scaled Quail

さえずり

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Gambel's Quail

Resident in the desert southwest of the United States and northwestern Mexico. Found in desert scrub, canyon bottoms, and arid grassland.

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.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Gambel's Quail

Least Concern

Scaled Quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Gambel's Quail

羽毛

Male has black face and throat, white facial borders, rufous crown, blue-grey breast, chestnut flanks, and black patch on lower belly; forward-curving black plume. Female dull grey-brown, streaked.

Scaled Quail

羽毛

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.

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About These Birds

Gambel's Quail

体重約175gの垂れ下がった頭飾り・栗色の頭頂・黒い腹を持つウズラ。米南西部・メキシコ北西部の砂漠低木地に生息する。

Scaled Quail

体重約195gの鱗状の灰褐色と白い綿毛状の冠羽を持つウズラ。米南西部からメキシコ中部の半乾燥地に生息する。

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