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Montezuma Quail
Cyrtonyx montezumae
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About the Montezuma Quail
The Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns's quail, the harlequin quail (for the male's striking pattern), and the fool quail (for its behavior).
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Cyrtonyx montezumae
- 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.
- Banded Quail Philortyx fasciatus
- 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
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
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