WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Cyrtonyx montezumae | Montezuma Quail 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
The Montezuma quail is resident locally from central and southeastern
Arizona, southern New Mexico, and extreme southwestern Texas south in
Mexico to Oaxaca [6,18].  Distributions of subspecies are as follows
[10]:

Cyrtonyx montezumae ssp. mearnsi occurs from west-central Texas, central
New Mexico, and central Arizona south to northern Coahuila.

Cyrtonyx montezumae ssp. merriami occurs in Veracruz, in the vicinity of
Mount Orizaba.

Cyrtonyx montezumae ssp. montezumae occurs in Michoacan, Oaxaca,
Distrito Federal, Hidalgo, Puebla, northern and eastern Nuevo Leon, and
west-central Tamaulipas.

Cyrtonyx montezumae ssp. rowleyi occurs in Guerreo.

Cyrtonyx montezumae ssp. sallei occurs from Michoacan south through
Guerreo to east-central Oaxaca.


ECOSYSTEMS : 
FRES21 Ponderosa pine


STATES : 


    
AZ
    
NM
    
TX
 





    
MEXICO
    




BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
    7  Lower Basin and Range
   13  Rocky Mountain Piedmont


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K019  Arizona pine forest 


SAF COVER TYPES : 
   237  Interior ponderosa pine
   241  Western live oak


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Montezuma quail are found in pine-oak (Pinus spp.-Quercus spp.)
woodlands and oak scrub with an understory of bunchgrasses and forbs
[6,10,17].  The range of Montezuma quail is coterminal with the pine-oak
woodlands of central Mexico and similar oak woods in the southwestern
United States.  In Arizona, Montezuma quail occur primarily in
oak-grasslands, and in New Mexico they are restricted to montane
habitats in scattered mountain ranges dominated by rank grasses [10].


REFERENCES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Cyrtonyx montezumae | Montezuma Quail