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Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

Classification

Class
Aves

The scaled quail (Callipepla squamata), also commonly called blue quail or cottontop, is a species of the New World quail family. It is a bluish gray bird found in the arid regions of the Southwestern United States to Central Mexico. This species is an early offshoot of the genus Callipepla, diverging in the Pliocene.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 1