Black-breasted Wood-quail vs Banded Quail

Odontophorus leucolaemus comparado com Philortyx fasciatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Black-breasted Wood-quail Banded Quail
Nome científico Odontophorus leucolaemus Philortyx fasciatus
Ordem Galliformes Galliformes
Família Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 25,3 cm (10.0 in) 19,7 cm (7.8 in)
Peso 293,6666666666667 g (10.36 oz) 127,25 g (4.49 oz)
Dieta Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on forest floor in Costa Rican and Panamanian lowland … Eats seeds and small invertebrates in Mexican thorn scrub and dry grassland. Forages on ground …
Tamanho da postura 5 3-7
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Black-breasted Wood-quail only

Nenhum

Banded Quail only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

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.

Banded Quail

Canto

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

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.

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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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Black-breasted Wood-quail

Least Concern

Banded Quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

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.

Banded Quail

Plumagem

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

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.

Banded Quail

A small New World quail (~125 g) of family Odontophoridae, with bold horizontal brown-and-white banding across the breast and flanks. Endemic to semi-arid scrublands, grasslands, and dry forests of the Balsas Depression in central Mexico. Forages in groups on the ground for seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern; a monotypic genus restricted to Mexico's western interior.

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