Birds of the World

    GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae (New World Quail)  
Genus: Odontophorus (15 species)

Genus Odontophorus, Wood Quail, are small round 'gamebirds', around 25 cm., and are found on the tropical forest floor. Wood quail have ornate feather patterns, with shades of brown, rufous and other earth tones. They are almost always move in groups.


Black-fronted Wood Quail
Black-fronted Wood Quail (Odontophorus atrifrons atrifrons)
Range: SA: ne Colombia and nw Venezuela
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Stripe-faced Wood Quail (Odontophorus balliviani)
Range: SA: se Peru and nw Bolivia
   



Spot-winged Wood Quail
Spot-winged Wood Quail (Odontophorus capueira)
Range: SA: e Brazil to ne Argentina and e Paraguay
 
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Venezuelan Wood Quail
Venezuelan Wood Quail (Odontophorus columbianus) Near Threatened
Range: SA: nc Venezuela
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Peter Boesman   © All Rights Reserved.


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Tacarcuna Wood Quail (Odontophorus dialeucos)
Range: MA, SA: e Panama and nw Colombia
   



Rufous-fronted Wood Quail
Rufous-fronted Wood Quail (Odontophorus erythrops parambae)
Range: SA: w Colombia and w Ecuador
San Cipriano, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A Pacific coast species often found up to 1000 meters above sea level on the western Andean slope.

Marbled Wood Quail
Marbled Wood Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis castigatus)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to e Bolivia
Costa Rica
  Bare orange skin around eye distinctive (ProAves).
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Spotted Wood Quail
Spotted Wood Quail (Odontophorus guttatus)
Range: MA: s Mexico to Panama
San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Chestnut Wood Quail
Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus) Male
Range: SA: Colombia
San Sebastian Reserve, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Chestnut Wood Quail
Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus) Female
Range: SA: Colombia
Valle de Cauca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in the Colombian Andes from 1500 to 2500 meters above sea level.

Black-breasted Wood Quail
Black-breasted Wood Quail (Odontophorus leucolaemus)
Range: MA: Costa Rica and Panama
Cerro Chayote, Naranjo, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Dark-backed Wood Quail
Dark-backed Wood Quail (Odontophorus melanonotus)
Range: SA: sw Colombia and nw Ecuador
Mindo, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Black-eared Wood Quail
Black-eared Wood Quail (Odontophorus melanotis melanotis) Near Threatened
Range: MA: Honduras to Panama
Darién, Panama  
   
Photograph by Mikael Bauer   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-breasted Wood Quail
Rufous-breasted Wood Quail (Odontophorus speciosus) Male
Range: SA: w Amazonia
Nueva Cajamarca, San Martin, Peru  
   
Photograph by François Grenon   © All Rights Reserved.


Starred Wood Quail
Starred Wood Quail (Odontophorus stellatus)
Range: SA: w Amazonia
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Gorgeted Wood Quail
Gorgeted Wood Quail (Odontophorus strophium) Vulnerable
Range: SA: Colombia
ProAves Cerulean Warbler Reserve, San Vicente de Chucuri, Santander, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña   © All Rights Reserved.



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