Cyrtonyx

Cyrtonyx is a bird genus in the New World quail family Odontophoridae.

Cyrtonyx
Cyrtonyx montezumae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Odontophoridae
Genus:	Cyrtonyx Gould, 1844
Type species
Ortyx montezumae Vigors, 1830

The genus Cyrtonyx was introduced in 1844 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould.^[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek kurtos meaning "curved" and onux meaning "nail" or "claw".^[2] The type species is the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae).^[3]

Species

The genus contains three species:^[4][5]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Montezuma quail	Cyrtonyx montezumae	Mexico, Southwest United States
	Ocellated quail	Cyrtonyx ocellatus	Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua
	Salle's quail	Cyrtonyx sallei	Michoacán, Oaxaca, Guerrero, and Puebla, Mexico