Genus of birds
Cyrtonyx is a bird genus in the New World quail family Odontophoridae .
The genus Cyrtonyx was introduced in 1844 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould .[ 1] The name combines the Ancient Greek kurtos meaning "curved" and onux meaning "nail" or "claw".[ 2] The type species is the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae ).[ 3]
Species
The genus contains three species:[ 4] [ 5]
Image
Common Name
Scientific name
Distribution
Montezuma quail
Cyrtonyx montezumae
Mexico, Southwest United States
Ocellated quail
Cyrtonyx ocellatus
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua
Salle's quail
Cyrtonyx sallei
Michoacán, Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, Mexico
References
^ Gould, John (1844). A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America . London: Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor. Plate [7] and text.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
^ Peters, James Lee , ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World . Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 57.
^ Gill, Frank ; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela , eds. (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins" . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 September 2020 .
^ IUCN (2020-08-26). Cyrtonyx sallei: BirdLife International: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T22724748A178118227 (Report). doi :10.2305/iucn.uk.2020-3.rlts.t22724748a178118227.en .
Genera of
landfowl and their extinct allies