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The Montezuma quail was formally described in 1830 by Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors under the binomial name Ortyx montezumae based on a specimen collected in Mexico. [3] [4] This species is now placed in the genus Cyrtonyx that was introduced in 1844 by English ornithologist John Gould, with Montezuma quail as the type species. [5]
Cyrtonyx is a bird genus in the New World quail family Odontophoridae. The genus Cyrtonyx was introduced in 1844 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould. [1] The name combines the Ancient Greek kurtos meaning "curved" and onux meaning "nail" or "claw". [2] The type species is the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae). [3]
Montezuma quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vigors 1830) LC. C. m. mearnsi Nelson 1900 (Mearns's Montezuma quail) C. m. montezumae (Vigors 1830) (Massena harlequin quail) C. m. rowleyi Phillips 1966; C. m. sallei Verreaux 1859 (Salle's Montezuma/spot-breasted quail) NT; Genus Dactylortyx (Gambel 1848)Ogilvie-Grant 1893. Singing quail, Dactylortyx ...
C. s. rowleyi (Phillips, 1966) - Rowley's quail or the southern Salle's quail: disputed taxonomic rank; endemic to the Sierra de Miahuatlán of Oaxaca and Guerrero, Mexico. Rowley's quail was originally listed as a subspecies of the Montezuma quail , but has now been shown to be morphologically similar to Salle's quail, revising its taxonomic ...
The ocellated quail is or was found in far southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and possibly Nicaragua. Only in Guatemala have there been a significant number of sightings since the late 1900s, with none in El Salvador and in Nicaragua only a c. 1900 specimen and a few early 2000s sight records near the Honduran border.
The king quail, an Old World quail, often is sold in the pet trade, and within this trade is commonly, though mistakenly, referred to as a "button quail". Many of the common larger species are farm-raised for table food or egg consumption , and are hunted on game farms or in the wild, where they may be released to supplement the wild population ...
Rowley's quail is native to the Sierra de Miahuatlán (smaller-sized mountain range) within Oaxaca and Guerrero, Mexico, with some scattered individuals present in other nearby areas. Its range is made up of high-mountainous grasslands , and pine-oak forests , at upward elevations of 1,060-3,000 m in some parts of the mountain range.
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge: Seneca County: NY 1937 10,004 acres (40.48 km 2) [310] Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) Nassau County: NY 1968 3,209 acres (12.99 km 2) [311] Sayville National Wildlife Refuge (Part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex) Suffolk ...