New World Quails
Odontophoridae
The New World quails or Odontophoridae are small birds only distantly related to the Old World quail, but named for their similar appearance and habits. The American species are in their own family Odontophoridae, whereas Old World quail are in the pheasant family Phasianidae. The family ranges from Canada through to southern Brazil, and two species, the California quail and the bobwhite quail, have been successfully introduced to New Zealand. The stone partridge and Nahan's partridge,...
11 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 34 known species
Crested Quails
genusCallipepla
Bobwhites
genusColinus
Mountain quails
genusOreortyx
Wood-Quails
genusOdontophorus
Montezuma and Ocellated Quails
genusCyrtonyx
Wood-Partridges
genusDendrortyx
Stone and Nahan's Partridges
genusPtilopachus
Banded quails
genusPhilortyx
Singing quails
genusDactylortyx
Tawny-faced quails
genusRhynchortyx
Crested Quails × Bobwhites
genushybridCallipepla × Colinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1278.