Venezuelan Wood Quail

Odontophorus columbianus Gould, 1850

Venezuelan Wood Quail, Odontophorus columbianus, is a galliform bird of the New World quail family that breeds in north-central Venezuela. It is tied to the Venezuelan Coastal Range, especially the central section from Carabobo east to north-western Miranda, with two further records from Táchira near the Colombian frontier. It lives on the ground in subtropical cloudforest. Males show a white throat and chin marked with black, while the rest of the plumage is reddish brown with bold white markings on the breast, belly and flanks. The female is duller below, and the young resembles her.

Order

Galliformes

Family

Odontophoridae — New World Quail

Breeding range

South America: nc Venezuela