Spot-winged Wood-quail vs Nahan's Partridge

Odontophorus capueira comparado con Ptilopachus nahani

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Spot-winged Wood-quail Nahan's Partridge
Nombre científico Odontophorus capueira Ptilopachus nahani
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Vulnerable
Longitud
Envergadura 29,4 cm (11.6 in) 26,8 cm (10.6 in)
Peso 426,5 g (15.04 oz) 278,5 g (9.82 oz)
Dieta Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of Brazilian Atlantic forest. Scratches leaf litter … Forages in Ugandan and Congolese rainforest understorey for invertebrates and seeds. Little-studied; diet poorly documented.
Tamaño de la puesta 3-5 4
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Spot-winged Wood-quail only

Ninguno

Nahan's Partridge only

Ninguno

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Song & Call Comparison

Spot-winged Wood-quail

Canto

Deep, booming 'whup-WHUP-whup' duet calls resonating through Atlantic forest undergrowth. Contact calls are low, guttural clucks; alarm produces explosive 'puk' notes.

Nahan's Partridge

Canto

Produces a soft, repeated whistled call and quiet clucking series. Calls are poorly documented; this Vulnerable forest partridge is secretive on Uganda's forest floor.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Spot-winged Wood-quail

Resident in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil from Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul. Found in dense humid forest.

Nahan's Partridge

Resident in the rainforests of Uganda and adjacent Democratic Republic of Congo. Found in lowland and foothill rainforest. Poorly known.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Spot-winged Wood-quail

Vulnerable

Nahan's Partridge

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How to Tell Them Apart

Spot-winged Wood-quail

Plumaje

Dark brown overall with fine buff streaking; wings distinctively spotted white on coverts; bare orange-red eye-ring; underparts paler brown with buff streaking; short crest brown.

Nahan's Partridge

Plumaje

Dark brown overall, finely barred and streaked buff; underparts paler brown with buff streaking; bare reddish eye-ring; tail short and rufous; sexes similar. Forest floor cryptic coloration.

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About These Birds

Spot-winged Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~425 g) of family Odontophoridae, with spotted brown plumage and an orange eye ring. Inhabits Atlantic Forest, cerrado woodland, and interior humid forests of eastern South America in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Forages on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern; dependent on forest cover but broadly distributed in southeastern Brazil.

Nahan's Partridge

A small partridge (~280 g) of family Odontophoridae, dark reddish-brown with black barring. Endemic to lowland primary rainforest in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Highly terrestrial, foraging on the forest floor for seeds, berries, and invertebrates. Vulnerable; requires intact primary forest and is threatened by widespread logging and agricultural conversion in Central Africa.

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