黑腹翎鹑

分类位置

同属物种

珠頸翎鶉

California Quail

华丽翎鹑

Elegant Quail

鳞斑鹑

Scaled Quail

形态与习性

Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California. Gambel's quail is named in honor of William Gambel, a 19th-century naturalist and explorer of the Southwestern United States. The species is not as widely introduced as the related California quail. It was,