Species profile
Banded Quail
Philortyx fasciatus
Quick answer
Arid w Mexico (sw Jalisco to se Guerrero, Morelos and Puebla)
- Scientific name
- Philortyx fasciatus
- Family
- Odontophoridae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Philortyx
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Odontophoridae
- Bearded Wood-partridge (Dendrortyx barbatus)
- Black-breasted Wood-quail (Odontophorus leucolaemus)
- Black-eared Wood-quail (Odontophorus melanotis)
- Black-fronted Wood-quail (Odontophorus atrifrons)
- Buffy-crowned Wood-partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys)
- California Quail (Callipepla californica)
- Chestnut Wood-quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus)
- Colinus eatoni (Colinus eatoni)