Table 1: Development of the English, German, French and scientific names for Mountain Quails.
 
English, (German), [French]  scientific  reference & date 
Eyebrowed Quail  Rollulus superciliosus  label on specimen 1846 
Eyebrowed Rollulus Rollulus superciliosus Gray 1846 
Ortiga superciliosa RVNH < 1850 
Ophrysia superciliosa Bonaparte 1856
Malacoturnix superciliosa Blyth 1867a
Malacortyx superciliaris Blyth 1867b
Mountain Quail Ophrysia superciliosa Hume & Marshall 1879-1881
Slate-Coloured Partridge Malacoturnix superciliosus Gould 1883
Mountain Pheasant-Quail Ophrysia superciliosa Ogilvie-Grant 1896
Mountain Quail Ophrysia superciliosa Blanford 1898
(Himalayawachtel) Ophrysia superciliosa Boetticher 1958
Indian Mountain-Quail Ophrysia superciliosa Robbins 1981
(Hangwachtel) Ophrysia superciliosa Raethel 1970
(Hangwachtel) 
[ophrysia de l'Himalaya]
Ophrysia superciliosa Johnsgard 1988
(Himalaya-Bergwachtel) Ophrysia superciliosa Raethel 1988