Listen to the Elegant quail
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About the Elegant quail
The Elegant quail is a bird in the family Odontophoridae (order Galliformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Elegant quail sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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".
Related birds in the genus Callipepla
More from the family Odontophoridae
Frequently asked questions
What does an Elegant quail sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Elegant quail on this page, including its song. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Elegant quail endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Elegant quail as “least concern”.
What family does the Elegant quail belong to?
The Elegant quail (Callipepla douglasii) belongs to the family Odontophoridae in the order Galliformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Bachomobempo, Ahome, Sinaloa, Mexico by Jovani León – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q909402 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Elegant quail – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Francisco Farriols Sarabia – CC BY 4.0