Bearded Wood-partridge vs Black-eared Wood-quail

Dendrortyx barbatus ile kıyaslandığında Odontophorus melanotis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Bearded Wood-partridge Black-eared Wood-quail
Bilimsel Ad Dendrortyx barbatus Odontophorus melanotis
Takım Galliformes Galliformes
Familya Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Koruma Durumu Vulnerable Near Threatened
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 30,1 cm (11.9 in) 27,9 cm (11.0 in)
Ağırlık 407,5 g (14.37 oz) 334,6666666666667 g (11.81 oz)
Beslenme Forages in Mexican cloud forests for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Critically endangered; diet poorly … Forages on floor of Central American humid forests for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 4-8 3-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Bearded Wood-partridge only

Hiçbiri

Black-eared Wood-quail only

Hiçbiri

Song & Call Comparison

Bearded Wood-partridge

Şarkı

Emits a loud, resonant hooting call similar to other Dendrortyx wood-partridges. The owl-like hooting carries through cloud forest; calls are poorly differentiated from Long-tailed.

Black-eared Wood-quail

Şarkı

Repeated mellow 'poh-WEEOO' whistle, often in coordinated duets; hollow and ventriloquial in dense rainforest. Alarm is a sharp rapid 'pit-pit-pit' series.

Geographic Range & Migration

Bearded Wood-partridge

Endemic to cloud forest in the Sierra de Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico, and adjacent Veracruz at 1,500-2,500 m. Rarely observed.

Black-eared Wood-quail

Resident in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Found in humid forest on both Pacific and Caribbean slopes.

Koruma Durumu

Vulnerable

Bearded Wood-partridge

Near Threatened

Black-eared Wood-quail

How to Tell Them Apart

Bearded Wood-partridge

Tuy

Rufous-brown above; grey head with white supercilium; distinct black-and-white beard streaks on lower throat and chin; breast streaked black and white; flanks rufous-brown; belly pale buff.

Black-eared Wood-quail

Tuy

Rufous-brown above; black ear-covert patch contrasting with rufous face; throat buff; underparts rufous-brown barred darker; bare reddish eye-ring; small crest; no white wing spots.

About These Birds

Bearded Wood-partridge

A medium-sized New World quail (~405 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a distinct facial streak resembling a beard. Endemic to cloud forest in a restricted area of the Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico. Forages on the ground for seeds and invertebrates. Vulnerable; critically restricted range in highly fragmented Mexican highland forests, with ongoing habitat loss from agricultural expansion.

Black-eared Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~335 g) of family Odontophoridae, with black ear coverts and rich brown body plumage. Inhabits humid lowland and foothill forests from Honduras and Nicaragua to Panama and northwestern Colombia. Forages on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Near Threatened due to deforestation in Central American forest habitats, though still present in protected areas.

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