Birds of Ecuador - Rhynchortyx


Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus) Female Near Threatened The male is much different, with tawny face, grey chest and fulvous belly. Image credit: R. H. Porter http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35041336
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Smaller (less than 20 cm.) and rarer than the overlapping Rufous-fronted Wood Quail.

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