Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus

The mountain quail 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.

Scientific name

Oreortyx pictus

Family

New World Quail

IUCN status

LC