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Stripe-faced Wood Quail
Odontophorus balliviani Gould, 1846
Odontophoridae — New World Quail
Stripe-faced Wood Quail, Odontophorus balliviani, is a New World quail of south-eastern Peru and north-western Bolivia. It belongs to the family Odontophoridae and was described by Gould in 1846. Its range is on the eastern side of the Andes, where it occurs in subtropical montane forest. That habitat includes primary and young secondary forest, cloudforest, and places such as clearings, wet meadows and gullies. It is associated with areas containing tree ferns, bamboos and epiphytes, and is recorded from 1,000 to 3,300 m, with occasional records lower in Peru.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Odontophoridae — New World Quail
- Breeding range
- South America: se Peru and nw Bolivia
