Species profile
Mountain Quail
Oreortyx pictus
Quick answer
montane areas in western North America, from Washington south through the Cascades, coast ranges, and Sierra Nevada to northern Mexico (Baja California)
- Scientific name
- Oreortyx pictus
- Family
- Odontophoridae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Oreortyx
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Odontophoridae
- Banded Quail (Philortyx fasciatus)
- 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)