Spot-winged Wood-quail vs Mountain Quail

Odontophorus capueira 对比 Oreortyx pictus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Spot-winged Wood-quail Mountain Quail
学名 Odontophorus capueira Oreortyx pictus
Galliformes Galliformes
Odontophoridae Odontophoridae
保护状况 Least Concern Least Concern
体长
翼展 29.4 cm (11.6 in) 26.8 cm (10.6 in)
体重 426.5 g (15.04 oz) 237.83333333333334 g (8.39 oz)
食性 Eats seeds, invertebrates, and small fruits on floor of Brazilian Atlantic forest. Scratches leaf litter … Eats seeds, berries, and leaves in chaparral and coniferous mountain forests. Also takes bulbs and …
产卵数 3-5 6-16
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

Spot-winged Wood-quail only

Mountain Quail only

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Song & Call Comparison

Spot-winged Wood-quail

鸣唱

Deep, booming 'whup-WHUP-whup' duet calls resonating through Atlantic forest undergrowth. Contact calls are low, guttural clucks; alarm produces explosive 'puk' notes.

Mountain Quail

鸣唱

Male produces a loud, high, clear queee-ark call; pairs respond with rhythmic, whistled duets. The far-carrying, piping call is one of the most distinctive mountain bird sounds of western North …

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Geographic Range & Migration

Spot-winged Wood-quail

Resident in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil from Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul. Found in dense humid forest.

Mountain Quail

Resident in the coastal ranges and Sierra Nevada of California, Oregon, and Washington at 500-3,000 m. Found in montane chaparral and brush.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Spot-winged Wood-quail

Least Concern

Mountain Quail

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How to Tell Them Apart

Spot-winged Wood-quail

羽毛

Dark brown overall with fine buff streaking; wings distinctively spotted white on coverts; bare orange-red eye-ring; underparts paler brown with buff streaking; short crest brown.

Mountain Quail

羽毛

Blue-grey breast and flanks boldly barred chestnut-and-white; olive-brown back; chestnut throat bordered white; long straight black plume from crown; male and female similar.

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About These Birds

Spot-winged Wood-quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~425 g) of family Odontophoridae, with spotted brown plumage and an orange eye ring. Inhabits Atlantic Forest, cerrado woodland, and interior humid forests of eastern South America in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Forages on the forest floor for seeds and invertebrates. Least Concern; dependent on forest cover but broadly distributed in southeastern Brazil.

Mountain Quail

A medium-sized New World quail (~240 g) of family Odontophoridae, with a long straight head plume and chestnut flanks barred in white. Inhabits chaparral, brushy mountain slopes, and pine-oak forest in the Pacific mountain ranges of western North America. Forages for seeds, bulbs, and berries. Least Concern; the largest North American quail species, exhibiting altitudinal migration.

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