Oreortyx (Mountain quails)

Genus

Mountain quails

Oreortyx

1 species in our catalog · found in 7 parks

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Mountain Quail
LC

Mountain Quail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oreortyx pictus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~10%
Jan
~10%
Feb
<5%
Mar
~10%
Apr
~30%
May
~20%
Jun
~10%
Jul
~10%
Aug
~10%
Sep
~10%
Oct
<5%
Nov
~10%
Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

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Where to see Mountain quails

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#ParkCountrySpeciesDaily sighting probability
1 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
~20%
2 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States 1
~10%
3 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%
4 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%
5 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%
6 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%
7 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States 1
<5%