Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)

Snow Mountain Quail (Anurophasis monorthonyx) - HBW 2, p. 511

French: Caille de montagne German: Schneegebirgswachtel Spanish: Codorniz Papúa
Other common names: New Guinea Quail

Taxonomy: Anurophasis monorthonyx van Oort, 1910, at 3800 metres, Oranje (Snow) Mountains, New Guinea.
Has been included in genus Coturnix. Monotypic.

Distribution: Kemabu Plateau, and Mt Wilhelmina and Mt Carstenz (Snow Mts), Irian Jaya, W New Guinea.