Montezuma Mearns Quail Male & Female Taxidermy Bird Mount in Display Case 18"

Description

Vintage male and female cased Merns Quail game bird taxidermy mount in octagonal oak and glass showcase with driftwood and foliage.

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.

Despite the male's extravagant stripes, streaks, and polka dots, the Montezuma Quail is a phantom of a bird that hides in mountain grasslands and oak woodlands of Mexico, its range barely creeping into the southwestern U.S. The Montezuma Quail is something of a homebody, moving as little as 150 feet per day as it digs for tubers, acorns, and insects under the cover of dense native grasses. These birds travel in pairs or in small family groups, rarely forming large coveys.

Montezuma Quail have long, sickle-shaped claws on each toe that are about half again the length of the foot. It uses these claws for digging up bulbs, tubers, and invertebrates. Montezuma Quail’s genus, Cyrtonyx, comes from the Greek words for “bent” (kurtus) and “claw” (onux).

Condition

Good Overall - Gentle wear

Dimensions

17.75" x 11.75" x 15.25" (Width x Depth x Height)