Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus) [XC238989]
by Niels Krabbe from Esmeraldas: right bank Rio Santiago, above Estero Pote 7 km E Playa de Oro, Ecuador (song)
Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus) [XC71429]
by Daniel Lane from 30km SE San Lorenzo, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
Birds of eastern Panama have been separated into subspecies hypopius, but this division not normally accepted.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
pudibundus Peters, JL, 1929 - North-eastern Honduras and eastern Nicaragua.
cinctus (Salvin, 1876) - Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and Panama.
australis Chapman, 1915 - Pacific coast of Colombia and Ecuador.