Montezuma Quail vs Mountain Quail

Cyrtonyx montezumae 비교 대상 Oreortyx pictus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Montezuma Quail Mountain Quail
학명 Cyrtonyx montezumae Oreortyx pictus
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 24.0 cm (9.4 in) 26.8 cm (10.6 in)
체중 185.5 g (6.54 oz) 237.83333333333334 g (8.39 oz)
식성 Omnivorous; digs for bulbs, tubers, seeds, and invertebrates with its stout bill in Mexican pine-oak … Eats seeds, berries, and leaves in chaparral and coniferous mountain forests. Also takes bulbs and …
산란 수 2-15 6-16
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Montezuma Quail only

Mountain Quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Montezuma Quail

노래

Eerie, descending wavering whistle 'wheeeoo' given by male from grass; ghostly and ventriloquial. Alarm is a low nasal 'wee-wee'; flushed birds produce loud burst of wing beats.

Mountain Quail

노래

Male produces a loud, high, clear queee-ark call; pairs respond with rhythmic, whistled duets. The far-carrying, piping call is one of the most distinctive mountain bird sounds of western North …

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Geographic Range & Migration

Montezuma Quail

Resident in the mountains of Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas at 1,400-3,000 m. Found in oak and pine-oak woodland.

Mountain Quail

Resident in the coastal ranges and Sierra Nevada of California, Oregon, and Washington at 500-3,000 m. Found in montane chaparral and brush.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Montezuma Quail

Least Concern

Mountain Quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Montezuma Quail

깃털

Male has harlequin black-and-white face with bold white stripes and spots; chestnut-brown body with white spots on flanks; blue-grey crest; female cryptically mottled brown with faint facial pattern.

Mountain Quail

깃털

Blue-grey breast and flanks boldly barred chestnut-and-white; olive-brown back; chestnut throat bordered white; long straight black plume from crown; male and female similar.

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About These Birds

Montezuma Quail

약 185g의 Odontophoridae 과의 소형 통통한 신세계 메추라기로 수컷은 어릿광대 무늬의 흑백 얼굴을 가진다. 애리조나·텍사스에서 온두라스까지 산지의 소나무-참나무·초원 서식지에 서식. 강한 굽은 발톱으로 구근과 괴경을 파며 채이며 먹는다. 최소 관심; 은밀하여 좀처럼 보기 어려우며 토착 묶음풀 과도 방목으로 개체수 감소 중.

Mountain Quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~240 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a long straight head plume and chestnut flanks barred in white. Inhabits chaparral, brushy mountain slopes, and pine-oak forest in the Pacific mountain ranges of western North America. Forages for seeds, bulbs, and berries. Least Concern; the largest North American quail species, exhibiting altitudinal migration.

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