| 词条 | Elegant quail |
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| name = Elegant quail | image = Elegant Quail - Sinaloa - Mexico S4E0508 (15524366506).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | genus = Callipepla | species = douglasii | authority = (Vigors, 1829) | synonyms = Callipepla elegans}} The elegant quail (Callipepla douglasii) is a species of New World quail endemic to Pacific-slope thorn forest of north-western Mexico, from southern Sonora to Nayarit. These are common, mainly ground-dwelling birds, and the IUCN has rated them as being a "species of least concern". DescriptionThe elegant quail grows to a length of about {{convert|25|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}.[2] The male has a distinctive long, straight, golden-buff crest (the female's crest is grey). In other ways the sexes are similar in appearance, being mainly grey with spotting and streaking in black, brown and white, and in the case of the male, in reddish-brown as well. The beak is black, the irises are brown and the legs dark grey to black. This bird can be distinguished from the otherwise similar scaled quail (C. squamata), California quail (C. californica), and Gambel's quail (C. gambelii) by the colour of the male's crest and by the paler spotting on the flanks.[2] Vocalisations include a "chip-chip" call used by members of a covey to help them remain in contact as they feed on the ground by day, and a "cu-cow" call given on assembly at the roosting site in the evening, and again in the morning before setting off to forage.[2] Distribution and habitatElegant quails are found only in Mexico, on the Pacific slopes of the mountain ranges in the northwest of the country at altitudes of up to {{convert|1000|m|ft|-2|abbr=on}}.[3] Their range extends from Sonora and southwestern Chihuahua to northern Jalisco and they are generally found in thorny scrub and deciduous forest,[2] on open ground and cultivated fields. When disturbed they either freeze or run through the undergrowth, taking to the wing only with reluctance.[4] StatusThe elegant quail has a wide range with an area of occupation estimated at {{convert|118000|km2|mi2|0|abbr=on}}. It is a common bird and its population is thought to be rising as degradation of the forest creates the open areas it likes. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".[1] References1. ^1 {{IUCN|id=22679597 |title=Callipepla douglasii |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=20 July 2016}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/identification?p_p_spp=84551 |title=Callipepla douglasii: Identification |author= |date= |work=Neotropical Birds |publisher= |accessdate=21 July 2016}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|author1=Howell, Steve N.G.|author2=Webb, Sophie|title=A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sklz7tAUa4IC&pg=PA233 |year=1995|publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-854012-0 |page=233}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=Payne, Harry Thom|title=Game Birds and Game Fishes of the Pacific Coast |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xBNWK0SgwSgC&pg=PT167 |year=1913 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4655-1207-9 |page=}} External links
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