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Northern Salle's quail

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Northern Salle's quail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Cyrtonyx
Species:
Subspecies:
C. s. sallei
Trinomial name
Cyrtonyx sallei sallei
Verreaux, 1859

Northern Salle's quail (Cyrtonyx sallei sallei), is the nominate subspecies of Salle's quail that is native to parts of southern Michoacán, Guerrero, and south to western Oaxaca, Mexico. It partially has the same traits, and appearance to that of the other Salle's quail subspecies, Rowley's quail (Cyrtonyx sallei rowleyi).[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Cyrtonyx sallei (Spot-breasted Quail) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2023-05-30.