Elegant quail
Callipepla douglasii (Vigors, 1829)
The elegant quail (Callipepla douglasii) is a species in the family Odontophoridae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 169 g to 178 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the elegant quail
- Weight
- 169 g – 178 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 22 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 10src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the elegant quail live?
Not recorded
What is the elegant quail?
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".
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What does the elegant quail sound like?
Is the elegant quail endangered?
The elegant quail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the elegant quail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderGalliformes
- familyOdontophoridae
- genusCallipepla
- SpeciesCallipepla douglasii (Vigors, 1829)
Synonyms Lophortyx douglasii, Lophortyx douglasii douglasii
Other names and names in other languages (40)
- Benson quailEnglish
- سمان الأنيقةArabic
- colí elegantCatalan
- křepel DouglasůvCzech
- křepel chocholkatýCzech
- Sofliar gainWelsh
- Rødtoppet VagtelDanish
- DouglaswachtelGerman
- Douglas-WaldwachtelGerman
- Eleganta koturnoEsperanto
- eleganta arbokoturnoEsperanto
- Colín eleganteSpanish
- Codorniz cresta doradaSpanish
- võsa-tuttvuttEstonian
- بلدرچین برازندهPersian
- pensastupsuviiriäinenFinnish
- Colin élégantFrench
- שליו מהודרHebrew
- sonorska prepelicaCroatian
- Douglas-fogasfürjHungarian
- Quaglia eleganteItalian
- エボシウズラJapanese
- dailioji putpelėLithuanian
- Naakaii Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ díłdániiNavajo
- Sierlijke KwartelDutch
- Douglas' KuifkwartelDutch
- sinaloavaktelNorwegian
- przepiór strojnyPolish
- colim-elegantePortuguese
- codorniz-elegantePortuguese
- Perdiz-elegantePortuguese
- Элегантный перепелRussian
- Дугласов хохлатый перепелRussian
- prepelka ozdobnáSlovak
- Daglasova prepelicaSerbian
- prakttofsvaktelSwedish
- Zarif KolinTurkish
- перепелиця жовточубаUkrainian
- 優雅翎鶉Chinese
- 华丽翎鹑Chinese
Relatives of the elegant quail
Other species in the same genus Callipepla.
California quail
Callipepla californica
Scaled quail
Callipepla squamata
Gambel's quail
Callipepla gambelii
CompareElegant quail vs California quailElegant quail vs Scaled quailElegant quail vs Gambel's quail
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the elegant quail?
An adult elegant quail weighs 169 g – 178 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the elegant quail endangered?
The elegant quail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the elegant quail?
The elegant quail (Callipepla douglasii) belongs to the family Odontophoridae in the order Galliformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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