Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys)

Other Names (World)
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge, Buffy-crowned Tree-Quail, Buffy-crowned Tree-Partridge, Highland Wood-Partridge, Buff-fronted Quail, Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge

Family
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 300 - 2,900 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys) [XC5796]
by Edwin Calder\u00f3n from San Gerardo de Dota, San Jose Prov., Costa Rica (chorus)

Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys) [XC279014]
by Max Noack from En los linderos de Monta\u00f1a Malacate , Olancho, Honduras (song)

Subspecies
Subspecies hypospodius has been considered separate species. Birds of Honduras and Nicaragua formerly awarded separate subspecies, nicaraguae, but now included in nominate leucophrys.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

leucophrys (Gould, 1844) - Southern Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras, eastern El Salvador and western Nicaragua.
hypospodius Salvin, 1896 - Northern Costa Rica.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys) - 10 files

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