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Odontophorus melanotis (Black-eared Wood-Quail; Black-eared Wood Quail)

Wikipedia Abstract

The black-eared wood quail (Odontophorus melanotis) is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
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Infraspecies

Odontophorus melanotis melanotis
Odontophorus melanotis verecundus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
19
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.17871
EDGE Score: 1.97112
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  338 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Clutch Size [3]  4
Snout to Vent Length [1]  10 inches (25 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve   Honduras      

Range Map

External References

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
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
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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