Ocellated Quail vs Stripe-faced Wood-quail

Cyrtonyx ocellatus مقارنةً بـ Odontophorus balliviani

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Ocellated Quail Stripe-faced Wood-quail
الاسم العلمي Cyrtonyx ocellatus Odontophorus balliviani
الرتبة Galliformes Galliformes
الفصيلة Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
حالة الحفاظ Vulnerable Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 24,1 cm (9.5 in) 28,4 cm (11.2 in)
الوزن 200,0 g (7.05 oz) 317,5 g (11.20 oz)
النظام الغذائي Digs for bulbs, tubers, seeds, and invertebrates with stout bill in Central American pine-oak forest … Forages on Andean forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits in Bolivia and Peru. …
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Ocellated Quail only

بلا

Stripe-faced Wood-quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Ocellated Quail

الغناء

Mournful, slightly wavering whistle similar to Montezuma Quail but with 5–6 syllables; descending in pitch. Male calls from shaded scrub. Alarm is a sharp nasal clucking series.

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

الغناء

Hollow resonant 'koo-WA-koo' repeated in antiphonal pairs; slightly nasal quality. Found in Andean cloud forest; song carries far in montane valleys. Alarm a sharp clatter.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Ocellated Quail

Resident in the highlands of Central America from Guatemala to Nicaragua at 600-2,000 m. Found in pine-oak and humid montane forest.

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

Resident in the east Andean foothills of Peru and Bolivia at 600-2,000 m. Found in humid foothill and montane forest.

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حالة الحفاظ

Vulnerable

Ocellated Quail

Least Concern

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Ocellated Quail

الريش

Male has complex black-and-white harlequin facial pattern; rufous-brown body with round white ocelli (eye-like spots) on flanks and wings; blue-grey crest. Female is mottled buff and brown, much plainer.

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

الريش

Dark brown above; face boldly striped with white supercilium and black eye-stripe creating distinct face pattern; throat whitish; breast buffy-brown barred dark; bare reddish eye-ring.

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About These Birds

Ocellated Quail

A small New World quail (~200 g) of family Odontophoridae, with ocellated (eye-spot) patterning on the upperparts. Inhabits pine-oak forests and adjacent grasslands in highland Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Forages for seeds and invertebrates. Vulnerable; restricted range, rare throughout its distribution, and threatened by habitat degradation from logging and overgrazing.

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~315 g) of family Odontophoridae, with bold facial striping. Inhabits humid montane forests on the eastern Andean slopes of Peru and Bolivia at 1,000–2,500 m elevation. Forages on the forest floor in pairs or small groups for seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern; restricted to Andean cloud forest but broadly distributed with stable populations in protected areas.

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