Marbled Wood-quail vs Black-breasted Wood-quail

Odontophorus gujanensis so với Odontophorus leucolaemus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Marbled Wood-quail Black-breasted Wood-quail
Tên Khoa Học Odontophorus gujanensis Odontophorus leucolaemus
Bộ Galliformes Galliformes
Họ Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 28,7 cm (11.3 in) 25,3 cm (10.0 in)
Khối Lượng 318,25 g (11.23 oz) 293,6666666666667 g (10.36 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn Forages in Amazonian and Guianan forest floor for seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits. Scratches leaf … Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on forest floor in Costa Rican and Panamanian lowland …
Số Trứng 4 5
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Marbled Wood-quail only

Không

Black-breasted Wood-quail only

Không

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Song & Call Comparison

Marbled Wood-quail

Tiếng Hót

Duetting pairs produce loud, resonant 'co-PO-co' calls from forest floor; far-carrying and owl-like in quality. Dawn chorus pairs call in rapid antiphonal sequence.

Black-breasted Wood-quail

Tiếng Hót

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

Marbled Wood-quail

Resident from Panama and Venezuela south to Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil. Found in lowland and foothill rainforest and forest edges.

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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Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Marbled Wood-quail

Least Concern

Black-breasted Wood-quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Marbled Wood-quail

Bộ Lông

Rich rufous-brown above with intricate black-and-buff marbling; rufous-orange bare eye-ring; underparts buffy-brown with fine black barring; short spiny crest; sexes similar.

Black-breasted Wood-quail

Bộ Lông

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

Marbled Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~320 g) of family Odontophoridae, with intricately marbled brown plumage and a small crest. Inhabits humid lowland and foothill forests across northern and central South America from Colombia to Brazil. Forages on the forest floor in pairs or small groups for seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern; widespread in Amazonian and Guianan forests.

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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