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