mountain quail vs Oreortyx picta palmeri

mountain quail and Oreortyx picta palmeri both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mountain quail	Yes	No	No	No
Oreortyx picta palmeri	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mountain quail and Oreortyx picta palmeri are synonyms defined as:

mountain quail and Oreortyx picta palmeri: California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail

Other synonyms of mountain quail include mountain partridge.

mountain quail (noun)	Oreortyx picta palmeri (noun)
California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail	California partridge; slightly larger than the California quail