About the family
Browsing by family helps when shape, posture, or behavior is clearer than an exact species name. The New World Quail group below shares a branch of the tree; open any entry for full identification, range, diet, and conservation detail.
Species
Every New World Quail species, A–Z.
- Banded Quail Philortyx fasciatus
- Bearded Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx barbatus
- Black-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus
- Black-eared Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanotis
- Black-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus atrifrons
- Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
- Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys
- California Quail Callipepla californica LC
- Chestnut Wood-Quail Odontophorus hyperythrus
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Dark-backed Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanonotus
- Elegant Quail Callipepla douglasii
- Gambel's Quail Callipepla gambelii
- Gorgeted Wood-Quail Odontophorus strophium
- Long-tailed Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx macroura
- Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis
- Montezuma Quail Cyrtonyx montezumae
- Mountain Quail Oreortyx pictus
- Nahan's Partridge Ptilopachus nahani
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
- Rufous-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus speciosus
- Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops
- Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
- Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Spot-winged Wood-Quail Odontophorus capueira
- Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus
- Starred Wood-Quail Odontophorus stellatus
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Stripe-faced Wood-Quail Odontophorus balliviani
- Tacarcuna Wood-Quail Odontophorus dialeucos
- Tawny-faced Quail Rhynchortyx cinctus
- Venezuelan Wood-Quail Odontophorus columbianus