Black-breasted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus leucolaemus)

Other Names (World)
Black-breasted Wood-Quail, White-throated Wood-Quail, Black-breasted Wood Quail

Family
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Salvin, 1867

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 700 - 1,850 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica (B), Panama (B).

NE, eastern and central highlands of Costa Rica south to western Panama. Most records on Caribbean slope.

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

Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 50,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Black-breasted Wood Quail (Odontophorus leucolaemus) [XC198662]
by William Adsett from Hotel Fonda Vela, Costa Rica (alarm call)

Black-breasted Wood Quail (Odontophorus leucolaemus) [XC411182]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (call, contact calls)

Subspecies
May be conspecific with Gorgeted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus strophium), Black-fronted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus atrifrons), Venezuelan Wood-Quail (Odontophorus columbianus) and Tacarcuna Wood-Quail (Odontophorus dialeucos). Proposed subspecies smithianus, from Dota Mts of Costa Rica, generally considered a melanistic morph.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-breasted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus leucolaemus) - 10 files

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