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What the Marbled Wood Quail sounds like
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Adult marbled wood quails grow to a length of between 23 and 29 cm (9 and 11 in). The bill is stout and dark-coloured and the legs and feet are bluish-grey. The iris of the eye is brown and there is orange or red bare skin around the eye. The sexes are similar in appearance; the front of the crown and cheeks are reddish-brown and the dark brown, vermiculated feathers on the crown are ruffled to form a short, loose crest. The mantle and neck are greyish-brown, the back and wings are brown with black vermiculations and the rump and upper-tail coverts are indistinctly spotted with paler colour.
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When to see the Marbled Wood Quail
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Marbled Wood Quail
The map shades 11 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Marbled Wood Quail
The marbled wood quail, also known as the Amazonian wood quail, is a species of bird in the New World quail family. It has an extensive distribution in Central America and the northern part of South America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
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Easily confused with
Spot-winged Wood QuailOdontophorus capueiraMale and female spot-winged wood quails are similar in appearance but the female is slightly smaller.
Black-breasted Wood QuailOdontophorus leucolaemusThe black-breasted wood quail is a medium-sized species of New World quail, being 22–25.5 cm (8.7–10.0 in) in length and weighing on average 286 g (10.1 oz) for females and 300 g (11 oz) for males.
Dark-backed Wood QuailOdontophorus melanonotusThe dark-backed wood quail is 23 to 28 cm (9.1 to 11.0 in) long.
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