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New World Quails Scientific classification Genera Dendrortyx Oreortyx Callipepla Philortyx Colinus Odontophorus Dactylortyx Cyrtonyx Rhynchortyx
The New World quails are small birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World , but named for their similar appearance and habits. The American species are in their own family Odontophoridae , whereas the Old World birds are in the pheasant family Phasianidae .
ORDER GALLIFORMES Family Megapodiidae : mound-builders Family Cracidae : chachalacas, guans and curassows Family Tetraonidae : grouse Family Phasianidae : partridges, pheasants, quail, and allies Family Odontophoridae Bearded Tree Quail, Dendrortyx barbatus Long-tailed Tree Quail, Dendrortyx macroura Buffy-crowned Tree Quail, Dendrortyx leucophrys Mountain Quail, Oreortyx pictus Scaled Quail, Callipepla squamata Elegant Quail, Callipepla douglasii California Quail , Callipepla californica Gambel's Quail, Callipepla gambelii Barred Quail, Philortyx fasciatus Northern Bobwhite , Colinus virginianus Black-throated Bobwhite, Colinus nigrogularis Spot-bellied Bobwhite, Colinus leucopogon Crested Bobwhite, Colinus cristatus Marbled Wood Quail, Odontophorus gujanensis Spot-winged Wood Quail, Odontophorus capueira Black-eared Wood Quail, Odontophorus melanotis Rufous-fronted Wood Quail, Odontophorus erythrops Black-fronted Wood Quail, Odontophorus atrifrons Chestnut Wood Quail, Odontophorus hyperythrus Dark-backed Wood Quail, Odontophorus melanonotus Rufous-breasted Wood Quail, Odontophorus speciosus Tacarcuna Wood Quail, Odontophorus dialeucos Gorgeted Wood Quail, Odontophorus strophium Venezuelan Wood Quail, Odontophorus columbianus Black-breasted Wood Quail, Odontophorus leucolaemus Stripe-faced Wood Quail, Odontophorus balliviani Starred Wood Quail, Odontophorus stellatus Spotted Wood Quail, Odontophorus guttatus Singing Quail, Dactylortyx thoracicus Montezuma Quail, Cyrtonyx montezumae Ocellated Quail, Cyrtonyx ocellatus Tawny-faced Quail, Rhynchortyx cinctus Family Numididae : guineafowl Family Meleagrididae : turkeys Family Mesitornithidae : mesites
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