Snow Mountain Quail

When to see the Snow Mountain Quail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Snow Mountain Quail

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Snow Mountain Quail

The Snow Mountain quail, is a roughly 28-cm-long (11 in), dark brown quail of alpine grasslands. It was formerly considered the only member of the genus Anurophasis, but phylogenetic analysis places it as the sister species to the brown quail in the genus Synoicus. It has heavily marked brown plumage, a pale yellow bill, yellow legs and a brown iris. The underparts of the female are whitish and more distinctly barred black than in the male.

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Easily confused with

Blue QuailSynoicus adansoniiThe blue quail is 14–16.5 cm (5.5–6.5 in) long and weighs 43–44 g (1.5–1.6 oz). King QuailSynoicus chinensisKing quail is 12–15 cm long, with a wingspan of about 25 cm long, and weighing 20–57 g. Brown QuailSynoicus ypsilophorusThe brown quail is a plump, stocky bird which can grow up to a length of 17 to 22 centimetres (6+1⁄2 to 8+1⁄2 in) and weight of 75 to 140 grams (2+3⁄4 to 5 oz).