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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).
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]
C. g. stephensi Phillips 1959 (Stephen's Gambel's quail) Cyrtonyx Gould 1844 †Cyrtonyx cooki Gutierrez et al. 1981; Ocellated quail, Cyrtonyx ocellatus (Gould 1837) Montezuma quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vigors 1830) C. m. mearnsi Nelson 1900 (Mearns's Montezuma quail) C. m. montezumae (Vigors 1830) (Massena harlequin quail)
Adapted from : Montezuma Quail. Mark R. Stromberg, Angel B. Montoya, and David Holdermann, Birds of the World. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, ...
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