page_title: Montezuma quail
section_title: Voice
hierarchical_section_title: Montezuma quail / Description / Voice
caption_attribution_description: male
context_page_description: The Montezuma quail 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, and the fool quail.
context_section_description: The assembly or territorial call is "six to nine notes descending in pitch", "a far-carrying, descending, quavering whinny".  The male's "song" for pairing is "an eerie, melancholy, vibrant, descending whistle vwirrrrr" or "an insect-like buzzing that starts at a high pitch and descends".  It is given from the ground, whereas other quails sing on such perches as the tops of fenceposts or bushes.  There are other calls as well.
caption: Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae)
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