Black-breasted Wood-quail vs Black-eared Wood-quail

Odontophorus leucolaemus comparado con Odontophorus melanotis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Black-breasted Wood-quail Black-eared Wood-quail
Nombre científico Odontophorus leucolaemus Odontophorus melanotis
Orden Galliformes Galliformes
Familia Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Near Threatened
Longitud
Envergadura 25,3 cm (10.0 in) 27,9 cm (11.0 in)
Peso 293,6666666666667 g (10.36 oz) 334,6666666666667 g (11.81 oz)
Dieta Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on forest floor in Costa Rican and Panamanian lowland … Forages on floor of Central American humid forests for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches …
Tamaño de la puesta 5 3-5
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Black-breasted Wood-quail only

Ninguno

Black-eared Wood-quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Black-breasted Wood-quail

Canto

Resonant 'cor-WE-co' duet calls; male initiates, female responds immediately. Very loud for size, audible through dense Panamanian forest. Alarm is rapid, harsh clucking.

Black-eared Wood-quail

Canto

Repeated mellow 'poh-WEEOO' whistle, often in coordinated duets; hollow and ventriloquial in dense rainforest. Alarm is a sharp rapid 'pit-pit-pit' series.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Black-breasted Wood-quail

Resident in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama at 1,000-2,500 m. Found in humid cloud forest.

Black-eared Wood-quail

Resident in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Found in humid forest on both Pacific and Caribbean slopes.

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Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Black-breasted Wood-quail

Near Threatened

Black-eared Wood-quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Black-breasted Wood-quail

Plumaje

Dark brown above; throat white; breast and belly jet black contrasting with white throat; bare reddish eye-ring; flanks dark brown; black breast against white throat creates bold bicoloured underpart pattern.

Black-eared Wood-quail

Plumaje

Rufous-brown above; black ear-covert patch contrasting with rufous face; throat buff; underparts rufous-brown barred darker; bare reddish eye-ring; small crest; no white wing spots.

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About These Birds

Black-breasted Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~295 g) of family Odontophoridae, with contrasting black breast and white facial markings. Inhabits humid lowland and foothill forests in Costa Rica and Panama. Forages secretively on the forest floor in pairs or small groups for seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern; found in intact forest of Central America's Pacific and Caribbean slopes.

Black-eared Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~335 g) of family Odontophoridae, with black ear coverts and rich brown body plumage. Inhabits humid lowland and foothill forests from Honduras and Nicaragua to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Forages on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Near Threatened due to deforestation in Central American forest habitats, though still present in protected areas.

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