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Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus (Douglas, D 1829)

The mountain quail is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. This species is the only one in the genus Oreortyx, which is sometimes included in Callipepla. This is not appropriate, however, as the mountain quail's ancestors have diverged from other New World quails earlier than the bobwhites, no later than 6 mya. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Odontophoridae
Genus:
   Oreortyx
Scientific:
  Oreortyx pictus


Original description

Citation:
  (Douglas, D 1829)

Reference:
   Trans. Linn. Soc. London 16, pt.1 p.143

Protonym:
  Ortyx picta

Type locality:
  'Interior of New California' = headwaters of the Umpqua River near the Calapooia Mountains, fide Oberholser supra p. 82.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13695#page/156/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  171E91FFA209EB46

Avibase ID:
  avibase-171E91FF

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/171E91FF


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175893

Geographic range:

  • Oreortyx pictus: montane western North America, from Washington southward through the Cascades, coast ranges, and Sierra Nevada to Baja California (northwestern Mexico)
English:
Mountain Quail
Catalan:
Colí de muntanya
Czech:
křepel horský
Danish:
Bjergvagtel
German:
Bergwachtel
Spanish:
Colín Serrano
Spanish (Spain):
Colín Serrano
Finnish:
vuoriviiriäinen
French:
Colin des montagnes
Croatian:
Planinska prepelica
Hungarian:
hegyi bóbitásfürj
Icelandic:
Fjallhæna
Italian:
Quaglia montana
Japanese (romaji):
tsunouzura
Japanese:
ツノウズラ
Lithuanian:
Kalninė putpelė
Dutch:
Bergkwartel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Spirvaktel
Norwegian:
Spirvaktel
Polish:
przepiór ozdobny
Portuguese:
Colim-serrano
Portuguese (Portugal):
codorniz-serrana
Russian:
Горный перепел
Slovak:
prepelka pestrá
Serbian:
Planinska ćubasta prepelica
Swedish:
bergtofsvaktel
Ukrainian:
Перепелиця гірська
Chinese:
山翎鹑
Chinese (Traditional):
山鶉〔刀翎鶉〕


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Mountain Partridge ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
Mountain Partridge ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
Mountain Partridge ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
Mountain Partridge ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
Mountain Quail ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
Mountain Quail ( Oreortyx picta) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 65th suppl.):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Colin des montagnes ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Mountain Quail ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Mountain Quail ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Mountain Quail ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Mountain Quail ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Oreortyx picta [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Oreortyx picta [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Oreortyx picta [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Mountain Quail ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Mountain Quail ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Mountain Quail ( Oreortyx pictus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Oreortyx pictus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Oreortyx pictus [version 1]

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Species status: full species

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Bengali: ঩া঴াচড় ফমটযা
Bengali (transliteration): pāhāṛi baṭērā
Catalan: Colí de muntanya
Czech: Krepel horský, křepel horský
Danish: Bjergvagtel
German: Berghaubenwachtel, Bergwachtel, Buntwachtel, Rotkehlige Bergwachtel
English: Mountain Partridge, Mountain Quail, Painted quail, Plumed Mountain Quail, Plumed Partridge, Plumed quail, San Pedro Quail
English, HBW: Mountain Quail
English (IOC): Mountain Quail
English (United States): Mountain Quail
Esperanto: Montokoturno
Spanish: Codorniz de Montaña, Codorniz Montañés, Colín Serrano, Mountain Quail, Perdiz montañera
Spanish (Spain): Colín Serrano
Spanish (HBW): Mountain Quail
Spanish (Mexico): Codorniz de Montaña, Perdiz montañera
Estonian: mägi-tuttvutt
Finnish: Vuoriviiriäinen
French: Colin des montagnes, Colin plumifère
Croatian: Planinska prepelica
Hungarian: hegyi bóbitásfürj
Icelandic: Fjallhæna
Italian: Colino plumifero, Quaglia di montagna, Quaglia montana
Japanese (romaji): tsunouzura
Japanese: ツノウズラ
Scientific: Callipepla picta, Oreortyx picta, Oreortyx pictus, Oreortyx pictus pictus, Oreotyx pictus, Ortyx picta
Lithuanian: Kalninė putpelė
Latvian: garcekula paipala
Dutch: Bergkuifkwartel, Bergkwartel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Spirvaktel
Norwegian: Spirvaktel
Polish: przepiór ozdobny
Portuguese: Colim-serrano
Portuguese (Portugal): codorniz-serrana
Russian: Горная зубчатоклювая куропатка, Горный перепел, Калифорнийский горный перепел
Slovak: prepelka pestrá
Serbian: Planinska ćubasta prepelica, Planinska prepelica
Swedish: Bergtofsvaktel
Turkish: Dağ Kolini
Ukrainian: Перепелиця гірська
Chinese: 山翎鹑
Chinese (Traditional): 山鶉〔刀翎鶉〕

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