Late Summer Dietary Survey of Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)

Authors

Jeff H. Bardwell
Christopher M. Ritzi, Department of Biology, Baylor UniversityFollow
Scott P. Lerich
Alan M. Fedynich

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Abstract

This survey examines late summer dietary habits of a Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata) population from Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Brewster County, Texas in 2002. Quail crop contents were quantified by frequency of occurrence and volumetric abundance. Results mirror summer and fall diet trends in the literature based on Scaled Quail populations in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Two age classes were examined (juvenile and adult) and between areas with and without spread dams. Newly documented genera included Amsinckia, Iva, and Stellari, while Opuntia was conspicuously absent. Food items of highest consumption based on volumetric abundance were Acalypha ostryaefolia, Amsinckia intermedia, Mollugo verticulata, Verbena sp., and insect orders Coleoptera, Isoptera, and Orthoptera

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Recommended Citation

Bardwell, Jeff H.; Ritzi, Christopher M.; Lerich, Scott P.; and Fedynich, Alan M. (2011) "Late Summer Dietary Survey of Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)," Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society: Vol. 44: Iss. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tos_bulletin/vol44/iss1/3