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Montezuma Quail

Cyrtonyx [montezumae or sallei] (= Cyrtonyx montezumae) (Vigors, NA 1830)

The Montezuma quail 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, and the fool quail. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Odontophoridae
Genus:
   Cyrtonyx
Scientific:
  Cyrtonyx montezumae


Original description

Citation:
  (Vigors, NA 1830)

Reference:
   Zool. J. London 5 p.275

Protonym:
  Ortyx Montezumae

Type locality:
  Mexico

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27657638


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6A641ED7DFDE9714

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6A641ED7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6A641ED7


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175900

Geographic range:

  • Cyrtonyx [montezumae or sallei]: oak woodland and fields of hills and mountains from central Arizona to west-central Texas (southwestern to south-central USA) to southern Mexico north of Isthmus of Tehuantepec
  • Cyrtonyx montezumae montezumae: eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas to Hidalgo, Puebla, and Oaxaca)
  • Cyrtonyx montezumae merriami: southeastern Mexico (Mount Orizaba area of Veracruz)
  • Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi: central Arizona to western Texas (southwestern USA) and northern Mexico (northern Coahuila)
  • Cyrtonyx sallei sallei: southern Mexico (southern Michoacán to Guerrero and western Oaxaca)
  • Cyrtonyx sallei rowleyi: southern Mexico (Sierra de Miahuatlán of Guerrero and Oaxaca)
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English:
Montezuma Quail
French:
Colin arlequin


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Massena Partridge ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
Massena Partridge ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [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):
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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.):
Massena Partridge ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
Mearn's Partridge ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
Mearn's Partridge ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
Mearn's Partridge ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
Mearn's Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
Mearns's Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
Mearns's Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
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. 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.):
Mearns's Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957):
Harlequin Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.):
Harlequin Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.):
Montezuma Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
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 7th edition (1998):
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.):
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American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th 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):
Montezuma Quail ( Cyrtonyx [montezumae or sallei])
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. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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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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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Colin arlequin ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Montezuma Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Montezuma Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Montezuma Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Montezuma Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Montezuma Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Montezuma Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Montezuma Quail ( Cyrtonyx montezumae) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cyrtonyx montezumae [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cyrtonyx montezumae [version 1]

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Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Bengali: ভমে঳ুভা ফমটযা
Bengali (transliteration): mantēsumā baṭērā
Catalan: Colí de Moctezuma
Czech: Krepel harlekýn, křepel harlekýn
Danish: Montezumavagtel
German: Massenawachtel, Massena-Wachtel, Montezumawachtel
English: Harlequin Quail, Massena Partridge, Mearn‘s quail, Mearn's Partridge, Mearn's Quail, Mearns' Quail, Mearns's Quail, Montezuma Quail, Montezuma's Quail
English, HBW: Montezuma/Spot-breasted Quail
English (IOC): Montezuma Quail
English (United States): Montezuma Quail
Esperanto: Montezuma koturno
Spanish: Codorniz Arlequín, Codorniz de Moctezuma, Codorniz de Montezuma, Codorniz Moctezuma, Colín de Moctezuma
Spanish (Spain): Colín de Moctezuma
Spanish (HBW): Montezuma Quail
Spanish (Mexico): Codorniz Arlequín, Codorniz de Moctezuma, codorniz Moctezuma
Estonian: mehhiko maskvutt
Finnish: Montezumanviiriäinen
French: Colin arlequin, Colin de Masséna, Colin de Montezuma
Croatian: Montezumska prepelica
Hungarian: pettyes fogasfürj
Icelandic: Trúðhæna
Italian: Quaglia di Montezuma
Japanese (romaji): shiromadarauzura
Japanese: シロマダラウズラ
Scientific: Cyrtonyx [montezumae or sallei], Cyrtonyx montezumae, Cyrtonyx montezumae montezumae, Ortyx Montezumae
Lithuanian: Montesumos verkiančioji putpelė
Latvian: Montesumas paipala
Dutch: Massenakwartel, Montezumabergkwartel, Montezumakwartel, Montezuma-kwartel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Aztekvaktel
Norwegian: Aztekvaktel
Polish: przepiór perlisty
Portuguese: Colim-de-montezuma
Portuguese (Portugal): codorniz-asteca
Russian: Монтезумская куропатка-арлекин, Плачущий перепел, плачущий перепел Монтезумы, Плачущий перепел Монтесумы
Slovak: prepelka kráľovská
Serbian: Montezumina prepelica
Swedish: Montezumavaktel
Turkish: Soytarı Kolin
Ukrainian: Перепелиця-клоун мексиканська
Chinese: 彩鹑
Chinese (Traditional): 彩鶉

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