New World Quails (Odontophoridae)
Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) - HBW 2, p. 433
French: Colin arlequin
German: Montezumawachtel
Spanish: Colín de Moctezuma
Other common names: Harlequin Quail; Mearns Quail (mearnsi); Salle's Quail (sallei)
Taxonomy: Ortyx Montezumae Vigors, 1830, Mexico.
May be conspecific with C. ocellatus, with which forms superspecies. Race sallei sometimes considered full species. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mearnsi Nelson, 1900 - scattered populations in S USA (W & C Texas, S New Mexico and S Arizona) and N & NW Mexico. Also reported from Nayarit, CW Mexico.
- montezumae (Vigors, 1830) - Tamaulipas S through Hildago to Oaxaca, E Mexico; sometimes claimed not to occur in Oaxaca.
- merriami Nelson, 1897 - Mt Orizaba, Veracruz, EC Mexico.
- mearnsi Nelson, 1900 - scattered populations in S USA (W & C Texas, S New Mexico and S Arizona) and N & NW Mexico. Also reported from Nayarit, CW Mexico.
- montezumae (Vigors, 1830) - Tamaulipas S through Hildago to Oaxaca, E Mexico; sometimes claimed not to occur in Oaxaca.
- merriami Nelson, 1897 - Mt Orizaba, Veracruz, EC Mexico.
- sallei J. Verreaux, 1859 - S Michoacán, Guerrero and W Oaxaca, S Mexico.
- rowleyi Phillips, 1966 - Guerrero and Oaxaca (Sierra de Miahuatlán), Mexico.
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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