Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus - Colin des montagnes

Colin des montagnes
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Galliformes

  • Family
    :

    Odontophoridés

  • Genus
    :

    Oreortyx

  • Species
    :

    pictus

Descriptor

Douglas, 1829

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 28 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 200 à 290 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Colin des montagnes

Mountain Quail (Oreortyx pictus) is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.

Subspecific information 5 subspecies

  • Oreortyx pictus pictus (sw Washington to nw California. nw USA.)
  • Oreortyx pictus plumifer (Oregon, ne California, w Nevada. nw USA.)
  • Oreortyx pictus russelli (Little San Bernadino Mts, California.. sw USA.)
  • Oreortyx pictus eremophilus (s California. sw USA.)
  • Oreortyx pictus confinis (n Baja California. Mexico.)

Foreign names

  • Colin des montagnes,
  • Colín serrano,
  • colim-serrano,
  • Bergwachtel,
  • hegyi bóbitásfürj,
  • Bergkwartel,
  • Quaglia montana,
  • bergtofsvaktel,
  • Spirvaktel,
  • prepelka pestrá,
  • křepel horský,
  • Bjergvagtel,
  • vuoriviiriäinen,
  • colí de muntanya,
  • przepiór ozdobny,
  • garcekula paipala,
  • Калифорнийский горный перепел,
  • ツノウズラ,
  • 山翎鹑,
  • 山鶉〔刀翎鶉〕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Temperate ; Shrubland : Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 25-08-2005
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