Scaled Quail
Callipepla squamata
The scaled quail, 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.
- Scientific name
- Callipepla squamata
- Family
- New World Quail
- IUCN status
- LC