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The stripe-faced wood quail is 26 to 28 cm (10 to 11 in) long. Males are estimated to weigh 311 g (11.0 oz) and females 324 g (11.4 oz). The male has a brown face with a patch of bare red skin around the eye and a black line under it. The crown and crest are chestnut with a buff border. The back and rump are brown with black vermiculation. The throat is buff with white streaks and the breast and belly are brown with white diamond-shaped spots. The female is similar, but is paler brown above and more rufous below. Voice: The stripe-faced wood quail's advertising call is "a rapidly repeated 'whydlyi-i, whydlyi-i....'" given by both members of a pair. They also have a harsh rattling alarm call and chirps that appear to be contact calls.
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When to see the Stripe-faced Wood Quail
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Stripe-faced Wood Quail
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Stripe-faced Wood Quail
The stripe-faced wood quail is a species of New World quail. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Black-eared Wood QuailOdontophorus melanotisThe black-eared wood quail (Odontophorus melanotis) is a gallinaceous bird found in Central America.
Gorgeted Wood QuailOdontophorus strophiumThe rare gorgeted wood quail is a small ground-dwelling bird.
Venezuelan Wood QuailOdontophorus columbianusThe Venezuelan wood quail is 25 to 30 cm (9.8 to 11.8 in) long.
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