Marbled Wood-Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis)

Family
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)

Size
23 - 29 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 1,000,000 (2010).

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)...)

Marbled Wood Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis) [XC830836]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from N\u00facleo da VALE - Caraj\u00e1s, Parauapebas-PA, Par\u00e1, Brazil (song)

Marbled Wood Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis) [XC393337]
by Jorge Gabriel Campos from BDFFP, Amazonas state, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

castigatus Bangs, 1901 - South-western Costa Rica and (?formerly) western Panama.
marmoratus (Gould, 1843) - Eastern Panama to northern Colombia and north-western Venezuela.
gujanensis (Gmelin, 1789) - South-eastern Venezuela, Guianas and Brazil (south to Mato Grosso) and extreme northern Paraguay.
medius Chapman, 1929 - Southern Venezuela and north-western Brazil.
buckleyi Chubb, C, 1919 - Base of eastern Andes of Colombia, eastern Ecuador and northern Peru.
rufogularis Blake, 1959 - Upper reaches of R Yavari, north-eastern Peru.
pachyrhynchus Tschudi, 1844 - Eastern Peru and possibly also western Bolivia.
simonsi Chubb, C, 1919 - Eastern Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

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