NEW WORLD QUAILS   -   ODONTOPHORIDAE

Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus dickeyi Along the road between the Panamerican Highway and La Ensenada Lodge, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica. This subspecies is one of several that is split by some authorities as Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon. (S8)

Black-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus atrifrons atrifrons El Dorado Lodge, Santa Marta Mountains, Magdalena department, Colombia. Odontophorus is one of the hardest groups of birds to see, never mind photograph. The is the first species I have ever been able toget a shot of. These two birds were feeding in a compost pile behind the lodge, and were surprisingly tolerant of all the commotion and excited birders. (S6)

Black-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus atrifrons atrifrons El Dorado Lodge, Santa Marta Mountains, Magdalena department, Colombia. (D6)

Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail Odontophorus erythrops parambae Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha province, Ecuador. (S8)

Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus chiapensis/edwardsi El Sumidero National Park, Chiapas state, Mexico. Male. Amazing, after of years of taking photos of neotropical birds, I have finally gotten a shot of a quail! They are some of the hardest birds to see here, never mind photograph. This species is widespread from Mexico to Honduras. (S5)