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Black-eared Wood Quail
Jorge Gabriel Campos (© Macaulay Library)

Black-eared Wood Quail

also known as Black-eared Wood-Quail
Odontophorus melanotis
BirdNET IDBN08531
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations20
Image sourceMacaulay Library ML319169411
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Description wikipedia

The black-eared wood quail (Odontophorus melanotis) is a bird species in the order Galliformes. Until recently, the species was thought to be part of the family Phasianidae (Old World quail) however DNA-DNA hybridization results determined that black-eared wood quail are only distantly related to Old World quail. As a result, black-eared wood quail have been placed in the family Odontophoridae (New World quail) and more specifically, in the category of wood quail (genus Odontophorus). There is limited information available on this species, but black-eared wood quail are considered to be forest-adapted, monogamous, relatively large pheasant-like birds that can be found in tropical and subtropical forests of Central America. They feed on insects and fruit and can be solo or in small groups.

Translated Descriptions (5)

ar wikipedia
سمان الغابة أسود الأذن (الاسم العلمي: Odontophorus melanotis) (بالإنجليزية: Black-eared Wood-quail) هو نوع من الطيور يتبع جنس سمان الغابة من فصيلة سمان العالم الجديد.
es wikipedia
El corcovado orejinegro (Odontophorus melanotis),​ también conocida como codorniz selvático pecho canelo o cordoniz de cara negra,​ es una especie de ave galliforme de la familia Odontophoridae. Habita en la pluvisilva de la vertiente del Caribe de América Central, desde Honduras hasta Costa Rica y en ambas vertientes en Panamá.
fr wikipedia
Le Tocro à face noire (Odontophorus melanotis) est une espèce d'oiseaux de la famille des Odontophoridae.
it wikipedia
La quaglia boschereccia guancenere o colino orecchie nere (Odontophorus melanotis Salvin, 1865), è un uccello della famiglia Odontophoridae che vive in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica e Panama.
sv wikipedia
Svartstrupig tandvaktel (Odontophorus melanotis) är en fågel i familjen tofsvaktlar inom ordningen hönsfåglar.

Common Names (41 locales)

af Swartoorwoudkwartel
ar سمان الغابة أسود الأذن
arz سمان الغابة اسود الاذن
az Qaraqulaq meşə bildirçini
bg Черноух горски пъдпъдък
ca tocro galtanegre
cs křepel středoamerický
da Sortøret Tandvagtel
de Schwarzohrwachtel
en Black-eared Wood Quail
eo Nigrorela koturno
es Corcovado Orejinegro
es_CR Codorniz Orejinegra
es_EC Corcovado Orejinegro
es_ES Corcovado orejinegro
es_MX Corcovado Orejinegro
es_PA Codorniz Orejinegra
et tanu-selvavutt
fa بلدرچین جنگلی گوش سیاه
fi mustakorvaviiriäinen
fr Tocro à face noire
he שליו עצים שחור אוזן
hr riđotrba prepelica
it Quaglia boschereccia guancenere
ja ミミグロウズラ
lt Juodaausė miškinė putpelė
nl Zwartoortandkwartel
no svartkinntannvaktel
pl przepiór czarnobrody
pt black-eared wood-quail
pt_PT Black-eared wood-quail
ru Черноухий зубцеклювый перепел
sk prepelka čiernosluchá
sr Crnouha šumska prepelica
sv svartstrupig tandvaktel
tr Kara Boğazlı Tokro
uk Токро чорнощокий
zh Black-eared Wood Quail
zh-CN 黑耳林鹑
zh-cn 黑耳林鹑
zh-hans 黑耳林鹑

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#1372
eBirdbewqua1
Macaulay Librarybewqua1
Xeno-CantoOdontophorus melanotis
observation.org#70430
GBIF5228050
NCBI1355961
AvibaseOdontophorus-melanotis
BirdLife22679640