Callipepla Wagler 1832 (crested quail)
Reptilia - Galliformes - Odontophoridae
PaleoDB taxon number: 291634
Synonym: Lophortyx Bonaparte 1838 (taxon 105632)
Parent taxon: Odontophoridae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Caccabis, Colinus, Cyrtonyx, Miortyx, Nanortyx, Odontophorus, Oreortyx, Ptilopachinae
Subtaxa: Callipepla californica, Callipepla douglasii, Callipepla gambelii, Lophortyx shotwelli
Ecology: volant herbivore