Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae)

Other Names (World)
Montezuma Quail, Harlequin Quail, Mearns Quail (mearnsi), Salle's Quail (sallei)

Family
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1830)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,060 - 3,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico, USA (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1,500,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (74)...)

Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) [XC255028]
by Richard E. Webster from Portal, Arizona, United States (call, contact call)

Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) [XC196898]
by Richard E. Webster from Madera Canyon, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, United States (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Ocellated Quail (Cyrtonyx ocellatus) and may be conspecfic. Subspecies sallei sometimes considered full species.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

mearnsi Nelson, 1900 - Scattered populations in southern USA (western and central Texas, southern New Mexico and southern Arizona) and northern and north-western Mexico. Also reported from Nayarit, central-western Mexico.
montezumae (Vigors, 1830) - Tamaulipas south through Hildago to Oaxaca, eastern Mexico; sometimes claimed not to occur in Oaxaca.
merriami Nelson, 1897 - Mt Orizaba, Veracruz, east-central Mexico.
sallei Verreaux, J, 1859 - Southern Michoac�n, Guerrero and western Oaxaca, southern Mexico. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Spot-breasted Quail (Cyrtonyx sallei).
rowleyi Phillips, AR, 1966 - Guerrero and Oaxaca (Sierra de Miahuatl�n), Mexico.

References
See References.

Files:

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