New World Quails (Odontophoridae)

Spotted Wood-quail (Odontophorus guttatus) - HBW 2, p. 432

French: Tocro tacheté German: Tropfenwachtel Spanish: Corcovado Goteado

Taxonomy: Ortyx guttata Gould, 1838, Bay of Honduras = Belize.
Proposed race matudae known only from one location, and not normally considered valid. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Mexico (S México State to Yucatán) and Belize through N Guatemala and W & C Honduras into bordering Nicaragua; two further small populations, one in N Costa Rica, and one in S Costa Rica and adjacent W Panama.