Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus)

Other Names (World)
Tawny-faced Quail, Banded Wood-Quail

Family
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)

Size
17 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvin, 1876)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus) [XC261562]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: Playa de Oro, village and vicinity, R\u00edo Santiago, Ecuador (song, songs)

Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus) [XC474465]
by rudy gelis from Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, Boca Tapada, Alajuela, Costa Rica., Costa Rica (call, 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.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Tawny-faced Quail (Rhynchortyx cinctus) - 10 files

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