(Video link. References updated. All sections now started. Incomplete gone) |
KCFoggin-243 (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
;[[:Category:Odontophorus|Odontophorus]] atrifrons | ;[[:Category:Odontophorus|Odontophorus]] atrifrons | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:BlackFrontedWoodQuail.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|max1|max1}}<br />Santa Marta mountains, [[Columbia]], February, 2016]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
28-30 cm | 28-30 cm | ||
Line 32: | Line 35: | ||
{{Video|Black_fronted_Wood_Quail}} | {{Video|Black_fronted_Wood_Quail}} | ||
− | [[Category:Birds | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Odontophorus]] |
Revision as of 18:08, 15 April 2016
- Odontophorus atrifrons
Identification
28-30 cm
- Face and throat is black
- Chestnut crest and hind crown appears short and bushy
- Brown body with buff, greyish and black vermiculations on upperparts
- Greyish-brown breast with indistinct white spots
- Cinnamon-buff belly streaked black.
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia and Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]:
- O. a. atrifrons:
- Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
- O. a. variegatus:
- Eastern Andes of north-eastern Colombia
- O. a. navai:
Habitat
Dense undergrowth in montane humid forests at heights of around 1,200-3,100 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Little information available, but they scratch in the leaf litter, apparently for fruit and insects, in the same way as similar species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- BirdLife International
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-fronted Wood Quail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-fronted_Wood_Quail
External Links