Mountain Quail
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Mountain Quail

Oreortyx pictus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Olympic National Park
1 Verified records at Olympic National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. This species is the only one in the genus Oreortyx, which is sometimes included in Callipepla. This is not appropriate, however, as the mountain quail's ancestors diverged from other New World quails earlier than the bobwhites, no later than 6 mya. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Olympic National Park

California Quail
LC Endemic

California Quail

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Callipepla californica

5–10% · With luck
Northern Bobwhite
NT Endemic

Northern Bobwhite

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Colinus virginianus

<5% · Rare
Sooty Grouse
LC

Sooty Grouse

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Dendragapus fuliginosus

<5% · Rare
Ruffed Grouse
LC Endemic

Ruffed Grouse

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Bonasa umbellus

<5% · Rare
Wild Turkey
LC Endemic

Wild Turkey

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Meleagris gallopavo

<5% · Rare
Ring-necked Pheasant
LC Endemic

Ring-necked Pheasant

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phasianus colchicus

<5% · Rare
Common Peafowl
LC

Common Peafowl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Pavo cristatus

<5% · Rare
Helmeted Guineafowl
LC

Helmeted Guineafowl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numida meleagris

Insufficient data
Chukar
LC

Chukar

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Alectoris chukar

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

📊

Fewer than 5 records of Mountain Quail at Olympic National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
2 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
3 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
4 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
5 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
6 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
7 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
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