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Tacarcuna wood quail

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Tacarcuna wood quail
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Odontophorus
Species:
O. dialeucos
Binomial name
Odontophorus dialeucos
Wetmore,1963

TheTacarcuna wood quail(Odontophorus dialeucos) is a species ofbirdin the familyOdontophoridae,the New World quail. It is found inColombiaandPanama.[2]

Taxonomy and systematics

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Some authors have suggested that the Tarcarcuna wood quail andgorgeted wood quail(Odontophorus strophium),Venezuelan wood quail(O. columbianus),black-fronted wood quail(O. atrifons), andblack-breasted wood quail(O. lecuolaemus) are actually a single species, but this treatment has not been accepted by the major avian taxonomic systems. The species ismonotypic.[2][3][4][5][6]

Description

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The Tacarcuna wood quail is 22 to 28 cm (8.7 to 11.0 in) long. Males are estimated to weigh 264 g (9.3 oz) and females 258 g (9.1 oz). Males' crown and throat are black and thesupercilium,lores,and chin are white. The sides and back of the neck are cinnamon. The back and rump are olive brown with blackvermiculationand the breast and belly are chestnut speckled with white. Females are similar but their underparts are more tawny brown. Juveniles are similar to the female but the white of the chin is smaller and the black of the throat broader.[7]

Distribution and habitat

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The Tacarcuna wood quail is found along the Tacarcuna Ridge in Panama'sDarién Provinceand Colombia'sChocó Department.It inhabits the floor of the subtropical forest at elevations between 1,050 and 1,450 m (3,440 and 4,760 ft).[7]

Behavior

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Feeding

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No information about the Tacarcuna wood quail's foraging behavior or diet has been published.[7]

Breeding

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A juvenile Tacarcuna wood quail was collected in early June but no other information about the species' breedingphenologyhas been published.[7]

Vocalization

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The Tacarcuna wood quail's vocalizations are poorly known.[7]

Status

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TheIUCNoriginally assessed the Tacarcuna wood quail as Near Threatened but has rated it Vulnerable since 2000. "The very small range of this species renders it susceptible to stochastic events and human activities".[1]

References

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  1. ^abBirdLife International(2021)."Tacarcuna Wood-quailOdontophorus dialeucos".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2021.Retrieved13 September2021.
  2. ^abGill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2021)."IOC World Bird List (v 11.2)".RetrievedJuly 14,2021.
  3. ^Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded fromhttps:// birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/Retrieved August 25, 2021
  4. ^"Check-list of North and Middle American Birds".American Ornithological Society. June 29, 2021.RetrievedAugust 9,2021.
  5. ^Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 August 2021. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society.https:// museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htmretrieved August 24, 2021
  6. ^HBW and BirdLife International (2020)Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the worldVersion 5. Available at:http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip[.xls zipped 1 MB] retrieved May 27, 2021
  7. ^abcdeCarroll, J. P. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Tacarcuna Wood-Quail (Odontophorus dialeucos), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.tawqua1.01retrieved September 13, 2021
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