New World Quails
Order: Galliformes. Family: Odontophoridae
The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits.
- Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
- Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
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