Marbled Wood Quail

Odontophorus gujanensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789)

Marbled Wood Quail, Odontophorus gujanensis, is a New World quail of Middle America and northern South America, breeding from Costa Rica to eastern Bolivia. It lives in lowland rainforest and cloud forest, where it stays on the ground in dense undergrowth. The bird is hard to spot, but its calls are often heard, especially around dawn and dusk. It usually keeps to small parties moving in line, and it feeds in leaf litter. Nests may be placed at the base of a tree in a shallow scrape covered by dead leaves.

Order

Galliformes

Family

Odontophoridae — New World Quail

Breeding range

Middle America, South America: Costa Rica to e Bolivia