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cyrtonyx montezumae merriami
12-22-2016

Cyrtonyx montezumae merriami

Cyrtonyx montezumae merriami NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video. The Montezuma quail was formally described in 1830 by Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors under the binomial name Ortyx montezumae based on a specimen collected in Mexico. This species is now placed in the genus Cyrtonyx that was introduced in 1844 by English ornithologist John Gould, with Montezuma quail as the type species. The specific epithet montezumae is from the name of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma Xocoyotzin. secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States. It is also known as Mearns’s Quail, the Harlequin Quail (for the male’s striking pattern), and the Fool Quail (for its behavior

Detailed information
Full Name: Merriam's Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae merriami)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Birds
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 06/14/1976 Foreign (Headquarters) Wherever found
  • Countries in which the the Merriam's Montezuma quail, Wherever found is known to occur: Mexico
Federal register documents
Recovery
No recovery information is available for the Merriam's Montezuma quail.
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