Dark-backed Wood Quail
Odontophorus melanonotusGould, J, 1861
English (US) Dark-backed Wood Quail
The Dark-backed Wood Quail (Odontophorus melanonotus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Odontophoridae (New World Quail) in the order Galliformes.
Range: montane forest of northwestern Ecuador and adjacent southwestern ColombiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Odontophorus melanonotus
- Order
- Galliformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Dark-backed Wood Quail
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1861
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gould, J, 1861
- Type locality
- Ecuador.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.28, no.3 p.382
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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