Cyrtonyx montezumae ORDER: GALLIFORMES FAMILY: ODONTOPHORIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Rob Curtis / CLO
The strikingly marked Montezuma Quail is a bird of Mexican Mountains, reaching the United States only in southern Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas.
Calls a series of quavering metallic whistles and a descending whistle combined with a buzz.