Bearded Wood-partridge vs Chestnut Wood-quail

Dendrortyx barbatus verglichen mit Odontophorus hyperythrus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Bearded Wood-partridge Chestnut Wood-quail
Wissenschaftlicher Name Dendrortyx barbatus Odontophorus hyperythrus
Ordnung Galliformes Galliformes
Familie Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Erhaltungsstatus Vulnerable Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 30,1 cm (11.9 in) 27,5 cm (10.8 in)
Gewicht 407,5 g (14.37 oz) 340,0 g (11.99 oz)
Ernährung Forages in Mexican cloud forests for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Critically endangered; diet poorly … Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on Colombian Andean forest floor. Scratches leaf litter in …
Gelegegröße 4-8 4-5
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

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Song & Call Comparison

Bearded Wood-partridge

Gesang

Emits a loud, resonant hooting call similar to other Dendrortyx wood-partridges. The owl-like hooting carries through cloud forest; calls are poorly differentiated from Long-tailed.

Chestnut Wood-quail

Gesang

Loud, rhythmic 'po-PO-co' call repeated in series; rich hollow timbre audible 300+ meters. Contact between birds is a soft low grunt; group roost calls are continuous murmuring.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Bearded Wood-partridge

Endemic to cloud forest in the Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico, and adjacent Veracruz at 1,500-2,500 m. Rarely observed.

Chestnut Wood-quail

Endemic to the western Andes of Colombia at 1,300-2,400 m. Found in humid montane forest. Vulnerable.

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Erhaltungsstatus

Vulnerable

Bearded Wood-partridge

Least Concern

Chestnut Wood-quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Bearded Wood-partridge

Gefieder

Rufous-brown above; grey head with white supercilium; distinct black-and-white beard streaks on lower throat and chin; breast streaked black and white; flanks rufous-brown; belly pale buff.

Chestnut Wood-quail

Gefieder

Entirely rich chestnut-rufous below from throat to vent; upperparts dark brown finely streaked buff; bare reddish eye-ring; small crest; deep chestnut underparts distinguish it from congeners.

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About These Birds

Bearded Wood-partridge

A medium-sized New World quail (~405 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a distinct facial streak resembling a beard. Endemic to cloud forest in a restricted area of the Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico. Forages on the ground for seeds and invertebrates. Vulnerable; critically restricted range in highly fragmented Mexican highland forests, with ongoing habitat loss from agricultural expansion.

Chestnut Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~340 g) of family Odontophoridae, with rich chestnut underparts and brownish upperparts. Endemic to the western and central Andes of Colombia at 1,200–2,500 m elevation. Inhabits humid montane cloud forest. Forages on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates in pairs or small groups. Least Concern; restricted Colombian endemic but not currently threatened.

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