Cyrtonyx

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Cyrtonyx
Cyrtonyx montezumaeEBP20A.jpg
Cyrtonyx montezumae
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Cyrtonyx
Gould, 1844
Type species
Ortyx montezumae
Vigors, 1830

Cyrtonyx is a bird genus in the New World quail family Odontophoridae.

The genus Cyrtonyx was introduced in 1844 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould. [1] The name combines the Ancient Greek kurtos meaning "curved" and onux meaning "nail" or "claw". [2] The type species is the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae). [3]

Species

The genus contains three species: [4] [5]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Montezuma Quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae).jpg Montezuma quail Cyrtonyx montezumaeMexico, Southwest United States
Cyrtonyx ocellatus - 1820-1863 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ17100215 detail.png Ocellated quail Cyrtonyx ocellatusMexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua
Cyrtonyx montezumae sallei.JPG Salle's quail Cyrtonyx salleiMichoacán, Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, Mexico

References

  1. Gould, John (1844). A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America. London: Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor. Plate [7] and text.
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 129. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 57.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  5. IUCN (2020-08-26). Cyrtonyx sallei: BirdLife International: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T22724748A178118227 (Report). doi: 10.2305/iucn.uk.2020-3.rlts.t22724748a178118227.en .