wood quail
odontophorus latin

For most wood quail, information has mainly come from specimens, and breeding behaviour and habits are little known.

The majority of species, including the relatively widespread Spotted Wood Quail have never had the nest described.

Wood Quails are 22-30 cm long, dumpy, short-tailed, stout-billed partridge-like birds with a bushy crest.

The rare Gorgeted Wood Quail, Odontophorus strophium, is a small ground-dwelling bird.

The Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus) is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.

Wood quail are typically shy and wary; they will normally make good their escape on foot, but if startled will explode into a short fast flight into dense cover.

The Spotted Wood Quail, Odontophorus guttatus, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family.

Johnsgard, "The American Wood Quails Odontophorus" World Pheasant Association Journal 4 (1979), pp.

The Stripe-faced Wood Quail, Odontophorus balliviani, is a species of New World Quail found in the Yungas of southern Peru and Bolivia.

The advertising call of the Spotted Wood Quail, actually a duet, is a clear whistled coowit CAWwit coowit COO, and the contact calls are clear chirps and peeps.

Odontophorus hyperythrus.

Odontophorus atrifrons.

The rare Gorgeted Wood Quail, Odontophorus strophium, is a small ground-dwelling bird.

The Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus) is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.

The Spotted Wood Quail, Odontophorus guttatus, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family.

Johnsgard, "The American Wood Quails Odontophorus" World Pheasant Association Journal 4 (1979), pp.

The Wood Quails are birds in the genus Odontophorus of the New World quail family, which are residents in forests in the Americas.

The Stripe-faced Wood Quail, Odontophorus balliviani, is a species of New World Quail found in the Yungas of southern Peru and Bolivia.