Cyrtonyx

Cyrtonyx
Cyrtonyx montezumae
Scientific classification
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 two species: ^[4]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Montezuma quail	Cyrtonyx montezumae	Mexico, Southwest United States
	Ocellated quail	Cyrtonyx ocellatus	Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua

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 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union.