Mountain quail
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q594810
Library of congress:
sh 94005719
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Brennan, L.A. Final report : an evaluation of the indicator species concept using mountain quail and a ground-brush foraging avian guild, 1983
- Howard birds world:
- Peterson, R.T. A field guide to western birds, 1990:
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Wikipedia description:
The mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. This species is the only one in the genus Oreortyx, which is sometimes included in Callipepla. This is not appropriate, however, as the mountain quail's ancestors diverged from other New World quails earlier than the bobwhites, no later than 6 mya.
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