Odontophorus strophium
IUCN
LCBasic Information
Scientific classification
- name:Odontophorus strophium
- Aliases:Odontophorus strophium,Gorgeted Wood-quail
- Outline:Landfowl
- Family:Chickeniformes Ornithidae Ornithidae
Vital signs
- length:22-30cm
- Weight:No textual research information is available
- lifetime:No textual research information is available
Feature
Details
Gorgeted Wood-quail, Odontophorus strophium and Gorgeted wood-quail, are typically active at dawn or dusk and live in family groups of up to 12 gorgeted wood-quail. They are used to looking for food on the ground and searching the soil for fallen seeds, fallen fruits and insects. Gentle, shy and cautious, she usually runs away on foot when frightened, and sometimes flies quickly for a short distance.
Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1:2010 Red List of Birds - Endangered (EN).
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Location
Found in South America.
Form
Larger than Old World quails, they are 22-30 cm long and usually have crests on their heads. They are short, stout, short-tailed, stout quail birds. The upper part is divided into dark brown and the lower part is black, gray, brown or red.