Gambel's quail

American  

[gahm-buhls kweyl] / ˈgɑm bəls ˈkweɪl /

noun

1. a bluish-gray true quail, Callipepla gambelii, with a distinctive forward-curving plume, or topknot: native to the desert areas of the western U.S., it is often confused with the California quail, but the Gambel’s quail has a somewhat longer topknot and, on the male, a copper-colored cap.

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Etymology

Origin of Gambel's quail

First recorded in 1850–55; named after William Gambel (1823–49), U.S. ornithologist and botanist

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Gambel's quail

While pondering how man-made rubbish can still find its way far into no-man’s land, a covey of Gambel’s quail flushed off to my side.

From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2017

In dry years, hardly any quail breed, and the survivors are more like Gambel’s quail than like California quail.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2011

Perhaps the most interesting will be comparing Gambel’s quail that I have studied in the United States with those in southwestern Sonora State.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2011

Gambel’s quail occur at lower elevations to the east of California quail, where there are higher temperatures and less rainfall.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2011

Also I'd indicated prairie dogs and squinch owls and Gambel's quail and road runners and a couple of coyotes and lizards and other miscellaneous fauna.

From The Killer by Stewart Edward White