Mountain Quail
Oreortyx pictus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Odontophoridae
- Genus
- Oreortyx
- eBird Code
- mouqua
Subspecies (5)
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Oreortyx pictus confinis
northern Baja California (northwestern Mexico)
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Oreortyx pictus eremophilus
southern California (southwestern USA)
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Oreortyx pictus pictus
southwestern Washington to northwestern California (northwestern USA)
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Oreortyx pictus plumifer
Oregon, northeastern California, and western Nevada (northwestern USA)
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Oreortyx pictus russelli
Little San Bernadino Mountains, California (southwestern USA)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.