Tawny-faced Quail
Rhynchortyx cinctus(Salvin, O, 1876)
English (US) Tawny-faced Quail
The Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus) 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
- Rhynchortyx cinctus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Tawny-faced Quail
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1876)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Rhynchortyx cinctus pudibundus
- Rhynchortyx cinctus cinctus
- Rhynchortyx cinctus australis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Odontophorus cinctus
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1876)
- Type locality
- Veraguas, western Panama
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.6, no.23 p.379
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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