Species factsheet

Singing Quail (Dactylortyx thoracicus)

Order: Dactylortyx thoracicus
Family: New World Quail (Odontophoridae)

Danish name: Sangvagtel

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Subspecies and Distribution

pettingilli

se San Luis Potosí and sw Tamaulipas (ec Mexico)

thoracicus

ne Puebla and c Veracruz, ec Mexico (ec Mexico)

sharpei

Yucatan Pen. (se Mexico) to n Guatemala

paynteri

s Quintana Roo (se Mexico)

devius

Jalisco (w Mexico)

melodus

Guerrero (sw Mexico)

chiapensis

c Chiapas (s Mexico)

dolichonyx

s Chiapas (s Mexico)

salvadoranus

El Salvador

fuscus

c Honduras

conoveri

e Honduras