Scaled quail
Callipepla squamata
Identification Tips:
- Small, chunky, short-tailed, round-winged, ground-dwelling bird
- Gray-brown head with white-tipped crest
- Gray-brown upperwings
- Blue-gray about neck, upper back and chest with black scaling
- Buff belly scaled with black, is chestnut on males in south Texas
- Gray flanks with white streaks
- Female has less conspicuous crest and dark brown streaks on sides of face
and throat
- Immatures similar to female
Similar species:
None