The Montezuma Qail is a short chunky quail of northern Mexico and along the southern US border.
The Montezuma Quail is quite secretive, so seldom seen.
Like other Quails, it will feed mostly on the ground in groups.
Classification
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Cyrtonyx
Species: C. montezumae
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Montezuma Quail
Montezuma Quail
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Aimophila Adventures » Atascosa Highlands Christmas Count
And our hurt feelings were soothed, too, by the fourteen Montezuma Quail we found on the grassy hillsides. At the compilation, we learned that the day’s total for the entire circle would far … Read more…
Mesa El Campañero, The Barranca, La Palmita, Santa Ana, Rio Morro
It was here that we saw the only snake of the trip, a large coachwhippy creature that startled me almost as much as the dozen Montezuma Quail that flushed out of the grass as we were turning ba… Read more…
Just Another Amazing Day in AZ
Eight or nine Montezuma Quail wandered down the bank to drink from the stream, and an Arizona Woodpecker appeared among the many Acorn Woodpeckers in the oaks, junipers, and tall sycamores. A p… Read more…
2 black-tailed rattlesnakes, and a mountain lion. and some great birds, such as white-eared hummingbird, buff-breasted flycatcher, montezuma quail, spotted owl, thick-billed kingbird, and five-… Read more…
montezuma quail at water, indian lodge the montezuma quail was a tough bird because it’s so skittish and was only known to be frequenting one place, the water fountain by the feeders a… Read more…
