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Oreortyx pictus (mountain quail)
Taxonomy
Ortyx picta was named by Douglas (1829). It is extant. It is the type species of Oreortyx.
It was recombined as Oreortyx picta by Hay (1930), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942) and Eo et al. (2009); it was recombined as Oreortyx pictus by Wetmore (1956) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Oreortyx picta by Hay (1930), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942) and Eo et al. (2009); it was recombined as Oreortyx pictus by Wetmore (1956) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1829 | Ortyx picta Douglas |
| 1930 | Oreortyx picta Hay p. 327 |
| 1935 | Oreortyx picta Schultz and Howard p. 276 |
| 1940 | Oreortyx picta Wetmore p. 46 |
| 1942 | Oreortyx picta Miller and DeMay p. 106 |
| 1956 | Oreortyx pictus Wetmore p. 55 |
| 2009 | Oreortyx picta Eo et al. |
| 2017 | Oreortyx pictus Clements et al. |
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Oreortyx pictus Douglas 1829 [mountain quail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available