Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
R. J. Gutiérrez and David J. Delehanty
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1999
Text last updated January 1, 1999
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colí muntanyenc |
| Croatian | planinska prepelica |
| Czech | křepel horský |
| Dutch | Bergkwartel |
| English | Mountain Quail |
| English (United States) | Mountain Quail |
| Finnish | vuoriviiriäinen |
| French | Colin des montagnes |
| French (France) | Colin des montagnes |
| German | Bergwachtel |
| Icelandic | Fjallhæna |
| Japanese | ツノウズラ |
| Norwegian | spirvaktel |
| Polish | przepiór ozdobny |
| Russian | Горный перепел |
| Serbian | Planinska ćubasta prepelica |
| Slovak | prepelka pestrá |
| Spanish | Colín Serrano |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Codorniz de Montaña |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colín serrano |
| Swedish | bergtofsvaktel |
| Turkish | Dağ Kolini |
| Ukrainian | Перепелиця гірська |
Oreortyx pictus Douglas, 1829
PROTONYM:
Ortyx picta
Douglas, 1829. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 16, p.143.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Interior of New California' = headwaters of the Umpqua River near the Calapooia Mountains, fide Oberholser supra p. 82.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- OREORTYX
- pictus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Figure 1. Distribution of the Mountain Quail.
Its range, particularly in southern California and Baja California, is fragmented and associated with major mountain ranges.
