Callipepla gambelii
Length: 10 Weight: 0.5 lbs
Identification:
Male has reddish sides and scaled belly, with black and white face and comma shaped head plume. Female has muted marking of male, and smaller head plume.
Distribution:
Resident of the interior southwest from Utah to northern Mexico.
Cool Facts:
Gambel’s Quail were introduced into all the Hawaiian islands as a game bird in the 1950s and 1960s; a small number remain today, mostly on the Big Island.
The Gambel’s Quail is named after William Gambel, a naturalist and explorer of the Southwestern U.S. in the 1800s.
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References:
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