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
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mountain Quail
- Described by
- Douglas, D, 1829
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Oreortyx pictus pictus
- Oreortyx pictus plumifer
- Oreortyx pictus russelli
- Oreortyx pictus eremophilus
- Oreortyx pictus confinis
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.
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