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Montezuma Quail
Cyrtonyx montezumae
Least ConcernThe Montezuma Quail is a patterned, secretive quail of oak-pine woodland and grassy mountain slopes. It often crouches rather than flushing, using dense grass cover while feeding on bulbs, tubers, seeds, and insects. It is not globally threatened but can be hard to detect and locally patchy.
- Family
- Odontophoridae
- Group
- New World Quail
- Range
- Montezuma Quail Range — Oak-pine woodland, grassy slopes, and montane scrub from the southwestern United States through Mexico
- Population
- ≈ Unknown