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| Cyrtonyx montezumae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Odontophoridae |
| Genus: | Cyrtonyx Gould, 1844 |
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| 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]
The genus contains three species:[4][5]
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Montezuma quail | Cyrtonyx montezumae | Mexico, Southwest United States |
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Ocellated quail | Cyrtonyx ocellatus | Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua |
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Salle's quail | Cyrtonyx sallei | Michoacán, Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, Mexico |
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Genera of landfowl and their extinct allies
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