Tacarcuna Wood-quail vs Black-breasted Wood-quail

Odontophorus dialeucos comparado com Odontophorus leucolaemus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Tacarcuna Wood-quail Black-breasted Wood-quail
Nome científico Odontophorus dialeucos Odontophorus leucolaemus
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 25,2 cm (9.9 in) 25,3 cm (10.0 in)
Peso 273,5 g (9.65 oz) 293,6666666666667 g (10.36 oz)
Dieta Forages on forest floor in Panama and Colombia for seeds and invertebrates. Critically endangered; diet … Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on forest floor in Costa Rican and Panamanian lowland …
Tamanho da postura -- 5
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Tacarcuna Wood-quail only

Nenhum

Black-breasted Wood-quail only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Tacarcuna Wood-quail

Canto

Series of hollow, resonant 'qua-WHI-co' notes in alternating duet; rarely recorded. Song slightly higher pitched than related species. Alarm is a muted explosive chip.

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

Tacarcuna Wood-quail

Endemic to the Tacarcuna massif on the Panama-Colombia border at 900-1,700 m. Found in humid montane forest. Poorly known.

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

Tacarcuna Wood-quail

Least Concern

Black-breasted Wood-quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Tacarcuna Wood-quail

Plumagem

Dark brown above, finely streaked buff; throat and chest white contrasting with dark flanks and back; bare reddish eye-ring; white on throat is notably clean and extensive compared to related …

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

Tacarcuna Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~275 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a distinctive pale supercilium against dark plumage. Endemic to the Tacarcuna massif on the Panama-Colombia border. Inhabits humid montane forest at elevations above 1,000 m. Forages on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern; very restricted range but protected by remote mountainous terrain.

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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