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Odontophorus hyperythrus (Chestnut Wood Quail)

Synonyms: Odontophorus hyperthyrus hyperthyrus

Wikipedia Abstract

The chestnut wood quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus) is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It is found only in Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
29
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.12299
EDGE Score: 2.65647

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  340 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  50 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  4
Incubation [3]  28 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cauca Valley montane forests Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Magdalena Valley montane forests Colombia Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Reserva Natural Tambito   Colombia      

Important Bird Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Yes

Prey / Diet

Oreopanax floribundum[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Macroagelaius subalaris (Colombian Mountain Grackle)1
Penelope perspicax (Cauca Guan)1

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
3Fierro-Calderón, K., & Franco, P. (2006). Reproducción de la Perdiz Colorada (Odontophorus hyperythrus) y notas sobre su ecología. Ornitología Neotropical, 17, 15-25.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0