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.

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

Status NT
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)...)

Marbled Wood Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis) [XC238717]
by Jeremy Minns from Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador (song)

Marbled Wood Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis) [XC424945]
by Rolando Jordan from Canutama, Amazonas, 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
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Files:

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