New World Quails (Odontophoridae)
Dark-backed Wood-quail (Odontophorus melanonotus) - HBW 2, p. 429
French: Tocro à dos noir
German: Schwarzrückenwachtel
Spanish: Corcovado Dorsioscuro
Other common names: Black-backed Wood-quail
Taxonomy: Odontophorus melanonotus Gould, 1860, Ecuador.
May be conspecific with three other species, O. hyperythrus, O. erythrops and O. speciosus. Probably most closely related to O. speciosus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Mountains of NW Ecuador and SW Colombia.
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An adult eating worms Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2007 5 years ago 39 sec 4.8 -
A group of five, including two juveniles, feeding on worms that have been put out for them Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2007 5 years ago 42 sec 4.6 -
Several birds feeding, one of them stretching its wing and leg Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2007 5 years ago 23 sec 4.6 -
Three birds feeding on bananas that have been supplied Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Keith and Lynn Youngs 6 March 2013 6 weeks ago 36 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on worms Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Steve Blain 31 March 2006 7 years ago 12 sec 4.3 -
An adult resting standing and a juvenile laying on the ground Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2007 5 years ago 28 sec 4.2
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Adults with their chick foraging on the forest floor.
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 28 July 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
One bird of a covey pausing on a steep slope.
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 11 April 2007 3 years ago 4.6 -
mistnet
Locality Otonga Forest Reserve, Ecuador
Gianpaolo Ruzzante 25 February 2007 1 year ago 4.1 -
Adult feeding a chick
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Rafael Merchante 13 November 2010 4 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on a trail
Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 25 September 2012 21 weeks ago 4 -
pullus
Locality Otonga Forest Reserve, Ecuador
Gianpaolo Ruzzante 25 February 2007 1 year ago 4
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Soft contact calls given by a covey of birds as they foraged. Locality Refugio Paz de las Aves, Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 20 May 2007 3 years ago 2
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