Comparative Molt and Pterylography in the Quail Genera Callipepla and Lophortyx
- 1 November 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 69 (6) , 535-548
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1366426
Abstract
Molt data were obtained from 20 scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) chicks raised from hatching. Postnatal and postjuvenal molt sequences of the sp. are described. Pterylographic data were obtained from 8 clipped alcohol preserved specimens of scaled quail, 8 of California quail (Lophortyx californicus), 16 of Gambel quail (L. gambelii), and 4 of Douglas quail (L. douglasii). The only pterylographical differences among the 4 spp. were in crest patterns, rectrix numbers, and lengths of abdominal tract. A dorsal apterium, not previously recognized, was found in each of the 4 quail spp. examined. Callipepla and Liphortyx should perhaps be combined, but not without consideration of related spp. in other genera.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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