Odontophorus gujanensis
Marbled Wood-Quail
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Galliformes
Family
Odontophoridae
Genus
Odontophorus
Species
Odontophorus gujanensis
Colours
Distinguishing features
The bill is stout and dark-coloured and the legs and feet are bluish-grey. The iris of the eye is brown and there is orange or red bare skin around the eye. The sexes are similar in appearance; the front of the crown and cheeks are reddish-brown and the dark brown, vermiculated feathers on the crown are ruffled to form a short, loose crest. The mantle and neck are greyish-brown, the back and wings are brown with black vermiculations and the rump and upper-tail coverts are indistinctly spotted with paler colour. The underparts are drab brown with some indistinct barring in buff and darker brown. Juvenile birds are similar in appearance to the adults but have reddish-orange bills and non-vermiculated, reddish-brown crests. (Wikipedia)
Size
- Up to 29 cm (Length of specimen)
Wingspan
- Wingspan data is not yet available.
