Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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ForestDomed nestLarge · 339 g

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 1 — Photo: russnamitz · CC0

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 2 — Photo: russnamitz · CC0

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 3 — Photo: Derek Spencer · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 4 — Photo: Allan Harris · CC0

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 5 — Photo: Paul Hoekman · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 6 — Photo: Paul Hoekman · CC BY 4.0

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 7 — Photo: lallen · CC0

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 8 — Photo: russnamitz · CC0

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 9 — Photo: russnamitz · CC0

Chestnut Wood Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus), photo 10 — Photo: Paul Hoekman · CC BY 4.0

What the Chestnut Wood Quail sounds like

Sonogram of the Chestnut Wood Quail: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Vivian Marín Camacho · Song · Calarcá (Quindío) Vereda Planadas Finca Maracaibo, Colombia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The chestnut wood quail is 25 to 29 cm (9.8 to 11.4 in) long. Males weigh 325 to 380 g (11.5 to 13.4 oz) and females 325 to 330 g (11.5 to 11.6 oz). Both sexes have grayish white feathers around the eye, with the female's more extensive. Adult males have a chestnut head and brown back, rump, and wings. The rump has fine black vermiculation. The throat and undersides are rufous. The adult female's crown is dusky brown and its breast and belly are dark gray. The juvenile is similar to the adult female. Voice: The chestnut wood quail's advertising call is "a rollicking, rapidly repeated duet, 'orrit-kilyit...'". It also has an alarm call, "a low 'peetit, peetit...'".

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When to see the Chestnut Wood Quail

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chestnut Wood Quail

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia

About the Chestnut Wood Quail

The chestnut wood quail is a bird species in the family Odontophoridae, the New World quail. It is found only in Colombia.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Spotted Wood QuailOdontophorus guttatusThe spotted wood quail is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family.

Marbled Wood QuailOdontophorus gujanensisAdult marbled wood quails grow to a length of between 23 and 29 cm (9 and 11 in).

Spot-winged Wood QuailOdontophorus capueiraMale and female spot-winged wood quails are similar in appearance but the female is slightly smaller.

Side by side: Chestnut Wood Quail vs Marbled Wood Quail · Chestnut Wood Quail vs Spot-winged Wood Quail

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