Dark-backed Wood-quail vs Banded Quail

Odontophorus melanonotus 비교 대상 Philortyx fasciatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 Dark-backed Wood-quail Banded Quail
학명 Odontophorus melanonotus Philortyx fasciatus
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
보전 상태 Least Concern Least Concern
체장
날개 폭 25.9 cm (10.2 in) 19.7 cm (7.8 in)
체중 322.0 g (11.36 oz) 127.25 g (4.49 oz)
식성 Forages on forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits in Pacific slope forests of … Eats seeds and small invertebrates in Mexican thorn scrub and dry grassland. Forages on ground …
산란 수 -- 3-7
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

Dark-backed Wood-quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Dark-backed Wood-quail

노래

Resonant, low-pitched 'pow-POW-ow' duet song; second note highest, third trailing off. Usually delivered at dawn. Flushes with explosive wing clatter and sharp alarm chips.

Banded Quail

노래

High-pitched, whistled 'wit-wit-weee' repeated persistently from dense scrub. Covey contact calls are soft, rapid clucks; alarm produces sharp explosive chips.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Dark-backed Wood-quail

Resident in the Pacific Andes of Ecuador and northern Peru at 600-1,800 m. Found in humid foothill and montane forest.

Banded Quail

Endemic to the Pacific slope of Mexico from Jalisco south to Guerrero and Oaxaca. Found in dry forest and thorn scrub.

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보전 상태

Least Concern

Dark-backed Wood-quail

Least Concern

Banded Quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Dark-backed Wood-quail

깃털

Dark blackish-brown on back and wings with fine buff streaking; throat and face rufous-buff; underparts paler rufous-brown with dark barring; bare reddish eye-ring; darker backed than most congeners.

Banded Quail

깃털

Heavily barred black and buff throughout, including crown; white supercilium; throat whitish; short rounded crest; belly barred buff and black; sexes similar. Distinctive fine barring on entire body.

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About These Birds

Dark-backed Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~320 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a dark brown back and rufous underparts. Inhabits humid forest on both slopes of the Andes in western Ecuador and Colombia below 1,500 m elevation. Forages on the forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and fallen fruits. Least Concern; found in Chocó and western Andean forests, relatively tolerant of some disturbance.

Banded Quail

줄무늬메추라기는 멕시코 내부 서부 발사스 분지의 반건조 관목지, 초원, 건조림에 서식하는 소형 신대륙 메추라기입니다. 가슴과 옆구리의 대담한 수평 갈색·흰색 줄무늬가 특징입니다.

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