Singing Quail
Dactylortyx thoracicus(Gambel, W, 1848)
English (US) Singing Quail
The Singing Quail (Dactylortyx thoracicus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Dactylortyx thoracicus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Singing Quail
- Described by
- (Gambel, W, 1848)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 11 subspecies for this species.
- Dactylortyx thoracicus pettingilli
- Dactylortyx thoracicus thoracicus
- Dactylortyx thoracicus sharpei
- Dactylortyx thoracicus paynteri
- Dactylortyx thoracicus devius
- Dactylortyx thoracicus melodus
- Dactylortyx thoracicus chiapensis
- Dactylortyx thoracicus dolichonyx
- Dactylortyx thoracicus salvadoranus
- Dactylortyx thoracicus fuscus
- Dactylortyx thoracicus conoveri
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Ortyx thoracicus
- Described by
- (Gambel, W, 1848)
- Type locality
- Jalapa, Vera Cruz, Mexico.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 4 p.77
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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