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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Singing Quail* |
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Dactylortyx thoracicus |
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Description (10)
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Singing Quail
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Other Names (World)
Singing Quail, Long toed Quail/Partridge
Family
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)
Size
22 - 23 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Gambel, 1848)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,000 - 3,100 m.
Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.
Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 500,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
An ascending series of loud notes, then 'which-wheela', repeated.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (34)...)
Singing Quail (Dactylortyx thoracicus) [XC76724]
by Tour Guide Salvatore from paraiso azul, Guatemala (song)
Singing Quail (Dactylortyx thoracicus) [XC291331]
by from Quetzal Camp, El Triunfo, Chiapas, Mexico (call)
Subspecies
As many as ten subspecies of doubtful validity.
The following 17 subspecies are recognised:
- pettingilli Warner & Harrell, 1957 - South-eastern San Luis Potosí and south-western Tamaulipas, central-eastern Mexico.
- thoracicus (Gambel, 1848) - North-eastern Puebla and central Veracruz, east-central Mexico.
- devius Nelson, 1898 - Jalisco, west-central Mexico.
- melodus Warner & Harrell, 1957 - Central Guerrero, south-central Mexico.
- ginetensis Warner and Harrell, 1957 - South-eastern Oaxaca and western Chiapas, southern Mexico.
- edwardsi Warner and Harrell, 1957 - Western Chiapas, southern Mexico.
- chiapensis Nelson, 1898 - Central Chiapas, southern Mexico.
- moorei Warner and Harrell, 1957 - Mountains of central Chiapas, southern Mexico.
- dolichonyx Warner & Harrell, 1957 - Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Chiapas, southern Mexico.
- sharpei Nelson, 1903 - South-eastern Mexico (Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo) and northern Guatemala; possibly also Belize.
- paynteri Warner & Harrell, 1955 - South-central Quintana Roo, south-eastern Mexico.
- calophonus Warner and Harrell, 1957 - Western Guatemala.
- salvadoranus Dickey & van Rossem, 1928 - Volcán de San Miguel, El Salvador.
- taylori van Rossem, 1932 - Mt Cacaguatique, El Salvador.
- fuscus Conover, 1937 - Tegucigalpa Department, Honduras.
- rufescens Warner and Harrell, 1957 - San Juancito Mts, Honduras.
- conoveri Warner & Harrell, 1957 - Olancho Department, Honduras.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Singing Quail see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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