Birds of Venezuela

    GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae (New World Quail)  
Genus: Odontophorus (3 species, 15 worldwide)

Genus Odontophorus, Wood Quail, are small round 'gamebirds', around 25 cm., and are found on the tropical forest floor. Wood quail have ornate feather patterns, with shades of brown, rufous and other earth tones. They are almost always move in groups.


Black-fronted Wood Quail
Black-fronted Wood Quail (Odontophorus atrifrons atrifrons) Vulnerable
ProAves El Dorado Reserve, Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Venezuelan Wood Quail
Venezuelan Wood Quail (Odontophorus columbianus) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Peter Boesman   © All Rights Reserved.


Marbled Wood Quail
Marbled Wood Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis castigatus)
Costa Rica
  Bare orange skin around eye distinctive (ProAves).
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.



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