Alias:Odontophorus columbianus,Venezuelan
Outline:Landfowl
Family:Chickeniformes Ornithidae Ornithidae
length:22-30cm
Weight:No textual research information is available
Life:No textual research information is available
IUCN:LC
Odontophorus columbianus, Venezuelan quins, are active at dawn or dusk and live in families in small groups of up to 12 quins. A gentle personality. They are used to looking for food on the ground and searching the soil for fallen seeds, fallen fruits and insects. Shy and cautious, she usually runs away on foot when frightened, and sometimes flies quickly for short distances.
Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1:2010 Red List of birds - Near Threatened (NT).
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