Stripe-faced Wood-quail vs Banded Quail

Odontophorus balliviani в сравнении с Philortyx fasciatus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Характеристика Stripe-faced Wood-quail Banded Quail
Научное название Odontophorus balliviani Philortyx fasciatus
Отряд Galliformes Galliformes
Семейство Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Охранный статус Least Concern Least Concern
Длина
Размах крыльев 28,4 cm (11.2 in) 19,7 cm (7.8 in)
Масса 317,5 g (11.20 oz) 127,25 g (4.49 oz)
Питание Forages on Andean forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits in Bolivia and Peru. … Eats seeds and small invertebrates in Mexican thorn scrub and dry grassland. Forages on ground …
Размер кладки -- 3-7
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Общие среды обитания

Stripe-faced Wood-quail only

Banded Quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

Пение

Hollow resonant 'koo-WA-koo' repeated in antiphonal pairs; slightly nasal quality. Found in Andean cloud forest; song carries far in montane valleys. Alarm a sharp clatter.

Banded Quail

Пение

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

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

Resident in the east Andean foothills of Peru and Bolivia at 600-2,000 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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Охранный статус

Least Concern

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

Least Concern

Banded Quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

Оперение

Dark brown above; face boldly striped with white supercilium and black eye-stripe creating distinct face pattern; throat whitish; breast buffy-brown barred dark; bare reddish eye-ring.

Banded Quail

Оперение

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

Stripe-faced Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~315 g) of family Odontophoridae, with bold facial striping. Inhabits humid montane forests on the eastern Andean slopes of Peru and Bolivia at 1,000–2,500 m elevation. Forages on the forest floor in pairs or small groups for seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern; restricted to Andean cloud forest but broadly distributed with stable populations in protected areas.

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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