| Cyrtonyx | |
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| Cyrtonyx montezumae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Odontophoridae |
| Genus: | Cyrtonyx Gould, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Ortyx montezumae Vigors, 1830
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Cyrtonyx is a bird genus in the New World quail family Odontophoridae.
The genus Cyrtonyx was introduced in 1844 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek kurtos meaning "curved" and onux meaning "nail" or "claw".[2] The type species is the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae).[3]
- ^ Gould, John (1844). A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America. London: Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor. Plate [7] and text.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 57.