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Definition of Genus Oreortyx
1. Noun. Mountain quail of western United States.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Perdicidae, Perdicinae, Subfamily Perdicidae, Subfamily Perdicinae
Member holonyms: Mountain Partridge, Mountain Quail, Oreortyx Picta Palmeri
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Oreortyx
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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