Scaled Quail

Callipepla squamata

Scaled Quail may not look like their Gambel’s and California cousins, but they are closely related. The crests on chicks of Gambel’s Quail look much like the crests on adult Scaled Quail. These birds thrive in open grassland habitats with scattered brush and cactus and range from southeastern Arizona northwest through New Mexico and southern Colorado, and south through west Texas into central Mexico.

I’d hoped to find Scaled Quail in Texas during my 2020 Spring expedition, but they eluded me until I crossed over the border of New Mexico on my way home. It was in Roswell New Mexico, at Bitter Lake NWR that these birds gave themselves to me and my camera.

Scaled Quail - Callipepla squamata — **Scaled Quail**
*(Callipepla squamata)*

**Description:**
I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Scaled Quail were even more cooperative than they were on Monday.
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**Date Taken:** 2020:05:12 7:35

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3513.95 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600

**File Name:** ScaledQuail_D506276-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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*(Callipepla squamata)*

**Description:**
I enjoyed my Monday morning visit to Bitter Lake NWR near Roswell, New Mexico so much, I decided to spend Tuesday morning there as well. I found these Scaled Quail were even more cooperative than they were on Monday.
Read More

**Date Taken:** 2020:05:12 7:35

**Location:**

Bitter Lake NWR
Roswell, New Mexico
United States
3513.95 ft above sea level

**Camera Information:**
NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1600

**File Name:** ScaledQuail_D506276-BitterLake-NWR

© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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