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Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge
Dendrortyx leucophrys (Gould, 1844)
Odontophoridae — New World Quail
Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge, Dendrortyx leucophrys, is a galliform bird of the New World quail family found in Middle America from southern Mexico to Costa Rica. It lives in humid to semi-humid montane forests, including oak-pine, evergreen and cloud forest, and also uses secondary growth, partly logged areas and coffee plantations. The species is split into two subspecies, with one in Mexico and northern Central America and the other in central Costa Rica. It is a distinct member of Dendrortyx, alongside two other species in the genus.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Odontophoridae — New World Quail
- Breeding range
- Middle America: s Mexico to Costa Rica
