High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Snow Mountains Quail (Anurophasis monorthonyx), also known as the Snow Mountain Quail, is a large, approximately 28 cm (11 in) long, dark brown quail of Alpine grasslands. It is the only member of the genus Anurophasis. It has a brown plumage, a horn-coloured bill, yellow legs and a brown iris. The underparts of the female are whitish and more heavily black barred than in the male.