Chestnut wood quail

Chestnut wood quail
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Odontophorus
Species: O. hyperythrus
Binomial name
Odontophorus hyperythrus
Gould, 1858

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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