Definition of Genus Oreortyx

1. Noun. Mountain quail of western United States.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Oreortyx

genus Opheodrys
genus Ophiodon
genus Ophioglossum
genus Ophiophagus
genus Ophisaurus
genus Ophrys
genus Opisthocomus
genus Opuntia
genus Orbignya
genus Orchestia
genus Orchis
genus Orcinus
genus Oreamnos
genus Orectolobus
genus Oreopteris
genus Oreortyx (current term)
genus Origanum
genus Oriolus
genus Orites
genus Ormosia
genus Ornithogalum
genus Ornithorhynchus
genus Orontium
genus Ortalis
genus Orthilia
genus Orthopristis
genus Orthotomus
genus Orycteropus
genus Oryctolagus
genus Oryx

Literary usage of Genus Oreortyx

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... is 50 miles west of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico.) RANGE.— Middle part of southern border of Arizona south to central northern Sonora. genus Oreortyx BAIRD. ..."

2. Upland Game Birds by Edwyn Sandys, Theodore Strong Van Dyke (1902)
"Genus, Oreortyx (literally mountain quail). Head with long, slender crest of two feathers, upright, or inclined backward. Mountain dwellers. ..."

3. Key to North American Birds: Containing a Concise Account of Every Species by Elliott Coues (1872)
"Genus OREORTYX Baird. Plumed Partridge. Mountain Quail of the Californians. With an arrowy crest of two slender keeled feathers, 3-4 inches long in the ..."

4. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1890)
"genus Oreortyx. MOUNTAIN PARTRIDGES. (2) Adult male like female; young like some ancestral stage of the adult. Colors—Black, white, gray, plumbeous, ..."

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