Species profile
Dark-backed Wood-quail
Odontophorus melanonotus
Quick answer
Montane forests of nw Ecuador and adjacent sw Colombia
- Scientific name
- Odontophorus melanonotus
- Family
- Odontophoridae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Odontophorus
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Dark-backed Wood-quail in your journal
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Related species in Odontophoridae
- Banded Quail (Philortyx fasciatus)
- Bearded Wood-partridge (Dendrortyx barbatus)
- Black-breasted Wood-quail (Odontophorus leucolaemus)
- Black-eared Wood-quail (Odontophorus melanotis)
- Black-fronted Wood-quail (Odontophorus atrifrons)
- Buffy-crowned Wood-partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys)
- California Quail (Callipepla californica)
- Chestnut Wood-quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus)