Scaled Quail vs Venezuelan Wood-quail

Callipepla squamata 比較対象 Odontophorus columbianus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Scaled Quail Venezuelan Wood-quail
学名 Callipepla squamata Odontophorus columbianus
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
保全状況 Least Concern Near Threatened
体長
翼開長 23.2 cm (9.1 in) 27.5 cm (10.8 in)
体重 195.5 g (6.90 oz) 339.5 g (11.98 oz)
食性 Feeds on seeds, leaves, and cacti in arid southwestern US scrubland. Takes invertebrates especially during … Forages on forest floor in Colombian Andes for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches leaf …
一腹卵数 3-16 6
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Scaled Quail only

Venezuelan Wood-quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Scaled Quail

さえずり

Male gives a nasal, emphatic pay-COS call; coveys scatter with rapid, chattering clucks. The distinctive, nasal pay-COS call is the species' advertising call; carries across desert grassland.

Venezuelan Wood-quail

さえずり

Loud churring 'chu-WEE-chu' delivered as male-female duet; liquid and carrying. Alarm is a sharp staccato 'kik-kik'; covey contact maintained with low conversational murmuring.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Scaled Quail

Resident in the semi-arid grasslands and desert scrub of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Found in arid and semi-arid plains.

Venezuelan Wood-quail

Endemic to the Andes of northern Venezuela in Yaracuy and Aragua at 1,000-2,200 m. Found in humid montane forest.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Scaled Quail

Near Threatened

Venezuelan Wood-quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Scaled Quail

羽毛

Bluish-grey overall with black-edged feathers creating prominent scaly pattern on breast and flanks; white-tipped crest fluffy and pale; back brownish-grey; sexes similar but female slightly duller.

Venezuelan Wood-quail

羽毛

Dark brown above with buff streaking; face and throat buff-white with fine dark scaling; bare reddish eye-ring; breast rufous-brown finely barred; flanks dark brown; similar to Marbled Wood-quail.

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About These Birds

Scaled Quail

体重約195gの鱗状の灰褐色と白い綿毛状の冠羽を持つウズラ。米南西部からメキシコ中部の半乾燥地に生息する。

Venezuelan Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~340 g) of family Odontophoridae, with brownish-rufous plumage. Endemic to the coastal mountain range of northern Venezuela. Inhabits humid montane and cloud forests at moderate elevations. Forages on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Near Threatened due to restricted range and ongoing deforestation in the Venezuelan coastal cordillera.

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