Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Dactylortyx

Singing Quail

Dactylortyx thoracicus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Dactylortyx thoracicus chiapensis

southern Mexico, from southeastern Oaxaca eastward to central Chiapas
Dactylortyx thoracicus conoveri

Honduras (Department of Olancho)
Dactylortyx thoracicus devius

western Mexico (Jalisco)
Dactylortyx thoracicus dolichonyx

southern Mexico (Sierra Madre de Chiapas) and western Guatemala
Dactylortyx thoracicus fuscus

central Honduras (Francisco Morazán highlands of Tegucigalpa)
Dactylortyx thoracicus melodus

western Mexico (central Guerrero)
Dactylortyx thoracicus paynteri

southern Mexico (south-central Quintana Roo)
Dactylortyx thoracicus pettingilli

eastern Mexico (southwestern Tamaulipas and southeastern San Luis Potosí)
Dactylortyx thoracicus salvadoranus

highlands of El Salvador
Dactylortyx thoracicus sharpei

Yucatan Peninsula (Campeche, Yucatán, and Quintana Roo, southeastern Mexico) to Petén (northern Guatemala)
Dactylortyx thoracicus thoracicus

eastern Mexico (northeastern Puebla and central Veracruz)

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.