Quail
Order: Galliformes. Family: Odontophoridae
The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. Mexico has the greatest diversity of this family of any country.
- Bearded Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx barbatus (E)
- Long-tailed Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx macroura (E)
- Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii (E)
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Banded Quail Philortyx fasciatus (E)
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
- Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus
- Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
- Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Mexico
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