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Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictusDouglas, D, 1829

English (US) Mountain Quail

The Mountain Quail (Oreortyx pictus) 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
Oreortyx pictus
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Mountain Quail
Described by
Douglas, D, 1829

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Ortyx picta
Described by
Douglas, D, 1829
Type locality
'Interior of New California' = headwaters of the Umpqua River near the Calapooia Mountains, fide Oberholser supra p. 82.
Original description
Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 16, pt.1 p.143

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 34 species of the family Odontophoridae