Scaled Quail vs Rufous-fronted Wood-quail

Callipepla squamata 比較対象 Odontophorus erythrops

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Scaled Quail Rufous-fronted Wood-quail
学名 Callipepla squamata Odontophorus erythrops
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 23.2 cm (9.1 in) 28.6 cm (11.3 in)
体重 195.5 g (6.90 oz) 278.75 g (9.83 oz)
食性 Feeds on seeds, leaves, and cacti in arid southwestern US scrubland. Takes invertebrates especially during … Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of Pacific slope forests in Ecuador and …
一腹卵数 3-16 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

None

Scaled Quail only

Rufous-fronted 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.

Rufous-fronted Wood-quail

さえずり

Loud rolling 'quuh-KWEER' duet with hollow, slightly nasal tone; carries well through humid foothill forest. Soft clucking contact notes exchanged between group members.

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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.

Rufous-fronted Wood-quail

Resident in the Pacific lowlands and foothills of Ecuador and Colombia. Found in humid forest and forest edges below 1,000 m.

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保全状況

Least Concern

Scaled Quail

Least Concern

Rufous-fronted 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.

Rufous-fronted Wood-quail

羽毛

Dark brown above; forecrown bright rufous-orange contrasting with darker crown and back; bare red eye-ring; underparts brown with buff streaking; throat buff; small crest on nape.

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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。

Rufous-fronted Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~280 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a rufous forehead and brownish plumage. Inhabits humid lowland and foothill forests on both Pacific and Caribbean slopes of western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Forages on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern; found in Chocó forests but not considered threatened despite regional deforestation.

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