Banded Quail

Banded Quail

Taxobox
name = Banded Quail
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Galliformes
familia = Odontophoridae
genus = "Philortyx"
genus_authority = Gould, 1846
species = "P. fasciatus"
binomial = "Philortyx fasciatus"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1844)
synonyms =

The Banded Quail ("Philortyx fasciatus") is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It is found only in Mexico.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/47104/all Philortyx fasciatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 10 July 2007.


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