Ocellated Quail
Cyrtonyx ocellatus(Gould, J, 1837)
English (US) Ocellated Quail
The Ocellated Quail (Cyrtonyx ocellatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Odontophoridae (New World Quail) in the order Galliformes.
Range: oak-pine forest of southern Mexico to northern NicaraguaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cyrtonyx ocellatus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Ocellated Quail
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ortyx ocellatus
- Described by
- (Gould, J, 1837)
- Type locality
- Guatemala.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.4, no.44 p.75
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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