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title: "Colim-de-montezuma"
description: "Cyrtonyx montezumae — Aves. The Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/montezuma-quail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Colim-de-montezuma

> Cyrtonyx montezumae — Aves. The Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States.

- Scientific name: *Cyrtonyx montezumae*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1435
- Wikidata: [Q1093509](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1093509)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1392](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1392)

## Names

- en: Montezuma Quail
- de: Montezumawachtel
- es: Codorniz de Moctezuma
- fr: Colin arlequin
- nl: Montezuma-kwartel
- pt: Colim-de-montezuma
- pl: Przepiór perlisty

## Countries with the most observations

US (907), MX (413)

## Summary

The Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) is a stubby, secretive New World quail of Mexico and some nearby parts of the United States.  It is also known as Mearns's quail, the harlequin quail (for the male's striking pattern), and the fool quail (for its behavior).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montezuma_quail

## Photo

![Colim-de-montezuma](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/montezuma-quail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Cecelia Alexander · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21144563

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/montezuma-quail?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).