Crested Bobwhite vs Black-breasted Wood-quail

Colinus cristatus comparado com Odontophorus leucolaemus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Crested Bobwhite Black-breasted Wood-quail
Nome científico Colinus cristatus Odontophorus leucolaemus
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 20,0 cm (7.9 in) 25,3 cm (10.0 in)
Peso 132,5 g (4.67 oz) 293,6666666666667 g (10.36 oz)
Dieta Omnivorous; eats seeds, berries, and insects in South American grasslands, scrub, and forest edges. Forages … Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on forest floor in Costa Rican and Panamanian lowland …
Tamanho da postura 8-15 5
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Nenhum

Crested Bobwhite only

Nenhum

Black-breasted Wood-quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Crested Bobwhite

Canto

Whistled ascending 'whiit-wheee' repeated steadily; crest raised during calling bouts. Contact between covey members is a series of low, liquid clucking notes with nasal quality.

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.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Crested Bobwhite

Resident from Panama south through Colombia and Venezuela to the Guianas. Found in open grassland, savanna, and brushy areas.

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.

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Crested Bobwhite

Least Concern

Black-breasted Wood-quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Crested Bobwhite

Plumagem

Male has bushy rufous crest, white supercilium, black-streaked white face and throat, rufous-brown back, and buff underparts spotted black. Female is buff-brown with streaked body and smaller crest.

Black-breasted Wood-quail

Plumagem

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.

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About These Birds

Crested Bobwhite

A small New World quail (~130 g) of family Odontophoridae, males with a shaggy brown-white crest. Inhabits open savanna, grassland, scrubland, and agricultural areas in Central America and northern South America. Forages in coveys for seeds and invertebrates on the ground. Least Concern; one of the most widespread bobwhite species, tolerant of human-modified landscapes.

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.

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