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
- Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Black-eared Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanotis
- Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops
- Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus
- Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
- Tawny-faced Quail Rhynchortyx cinctus
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