Montezuma Quail
Cyrtonyx montezumae
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Odontophoridae
- Genus
- Cyrtonyx
- eBird Code
- monqua
Vocalizations
Mike Ostrowski · CC_BY_4_0
Bob Nieman · CC_BY_4_0
Adam Jackson · CC0_1_0
Spencer Hurt · CC_BY_4_0
Chuck Sexton · CC0_1_0
Arcticwish · CC_BY_4_0
Bob Nieman · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (4)
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Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi
central Arizona to western Texas (southwestern USA) and northern Mexico (northern Coahuila)
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Cyrtonyx montezumae montezumae
central and eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas to Hidalgo, Puebla, and Oaxaca)
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Cyrtonyx montezumae rowleyi
southern Mexico (Sierra de Miahuatlán of Guerrero and Oaxaca)
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Cyrtonyx montezumae sallei
southern Mexico (southern Michoacán to Guerrero and western Oaxaca)
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.