Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

GALLIFORMES

Phasianidae

Callipepla californica
Grassland, oak woodland, semi-desert scrub, chaparral, sagebrush. Lowlands to 1800 m from s British Columbia, Vancouver I., Washington and w Idaho, s through most of Oregon, Calif. incl. Santa Catalina I., and Utah to s Baja Calif.
Populations n of s Oregon were probably introduced.
Introduced in King I. (Australia), New Zealand, Hawaiian Is., Santa Crus and Santa Rosa is. off Calif.
Unsuccessful Introduced in Europe.
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Colinus virginianus
Brushy fields, grassland, farms, thickets.
Lowlands to 1500 m from se Wyoming , c S. Dakota, s Minnesota, s Wisconsin, c Michigan, s Ontario, s New York and c New England s to e Colorado, e New Mexico, wc,s,e Texas, Gulf coast and Florida; w to e Coahuila, w San Luis Potosí, e Sonora, se Nayarit, e Jalisco, Guanajuato, México, Puebla and Oaxaca; and Pacific lowlands in Oaxaca and Chiapas; e to Tabasco, e Chiapas and extreme nw Guatemala. Cuba, incl. Isle of Pines. Introduced widely in w N. America, Bahamas, W. Indies, New Zealand and unsuccessfully in Hawaiian Is. and Europe.
All species of Colinus are closely related and may intergrade or hybridize where ranges are in contact, but many contact zones are poorly known. Some races of C. virginianus, e.g., ridgwayi, are distinctive and formerly were treated as species.
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Tetraogallus caucasicus
Cliffs and stony slopes with sparse vegetation.
Caucasus Mts., 1800-4000 m.
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Callipepla californica

California Quail

uncommon

introduced: Corsica

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Colinus virginianus

Northern Bobwhite

not uncommon

introduced: s.England, France,

Italy, Croatia

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Tetraogallus caucasicus

Caucasian Snowcock

locally common

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Tetraogallus caspius
Steep rocky slopes, thickets in dry meadows.
Mts., 1800-3000 m, in c,e Turkey, Transcaucasus and w,n Iran.
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Alectoris chukar
Dry rocky hillsides with sparse vegetation, grassy slopes.
S Eurasia from se Europe in the Balkans e through Turkey, Near and Middle East s to Sinai Peninsula, nw Arabia, Transcaucasus, s Kazakhstan, Turkestan and Altai to Pakistan (exc. se,e), n India, w Tibet, Mongolia and n China. Introduced St. Helena I., Robbens I. off S. Africa, Hawaiian Is., and w N. America.
Very similar to the Rock Partridge (Alectoris graeca)
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Alectoris graeca
Rocky and stony hillsides with sparse vegetation.
Mts. c,se Europe from France, Switzerland, s Germany, Yugoslavia, Austria and Bulgaria s to Sicily and Greece. Hybridizes with rufa in the s French Alps.
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