Gambel's Quail
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Gambel's Quail

Callipepla gambelii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
1 Verified records at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It inhabits the desert regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Sonora; also New Mexico-border Chihuahua and the Colorado River region of Baja California. Gambel's quail is named in honor of William Gambel, a 19th-century naturalist and explorer of the Southwestern United States. The species is not as widely introduced as the related California quail. It was, however, released on San Clemente Island in 1912 by Charles T. Howland et al., where it is currently still established. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Scaled Quail
LC

Scaled Quail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Callipepla squamata

<5% · Rare
Montezuma Quail
LC

Montezuma Quail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Cyrtonyx montezumae

<5% · Rare
Wild Turkey
LC Endemic

Wild Turkey

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Meleagris gallopavo

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Gambel's Quail at Guadalupe Mountains National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
2 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
3 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
4 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
6 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
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