Stripe-faced wood quail

Stripe-faced wood quail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Galliformes
Family:Odontophoridae
Genus:Odontophorus
Species: O. balliviani
Binomial name
Odontophorus balliviani
Gould, 1846

The stripe-faced wood quail (Odontophorus balliviani) is a species of New World Quail found in the Yungas of southern Peru and Bolivia. It is about 27 cm in length and weighs approximately 0.325 kg.

The binomial of this bird commemorates José Ballivián.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Odontophorus balliviani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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