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Long-tailed Wood Partridge
Dendrortyx macroura (Jardine & Selby, 1828)
Odontophoridae — New World Quail
Long-tailed Wood Partridge, Dendrortyx macroura, is a bird of middle Mexico, where it is found only in that country. It belongs to the New World quail family and was described by Jardine and Selby in 1828. It lives in humid pine-oak, pine, fir and montane evergreen forest with thick undergrowth, at heights from 1,200 to 3,300 m. The species has a long tail in both sexes, though the female’s is shorter, and adults show a black head with white facial streaks and a short crest tipped with buff.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Odontophoridae — New World Quail
- Breeding range
- Middle America: c Mexico
