About the Banded Quail
The banded quail (Philortyx fasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Odontophoridae. It is found only in Mexico where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Philortyx fasciatus
- Family
- New World Quail
- Order
- Galliformes
Similar species
Other members of the new world quail family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Bearded Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx barbatus
- Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
- Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Long-tailed Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx macroura
- Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
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