Black-eared Wood-Quail

Odontophorus melanotis

Near Threatened

The Black-eared Wood-Quail is a Central American forest-floor quail of humid lowland and foothill forest. It moves in coveys through dense vegetation and feeds on seeds, fruit, and invertebrates. Forest loss and fragmentation place it near the threatened threshold.

Family

Odontophoridae

Group

New World Quail

Range

Black-eared Wood-Quail Range — Humid forests from Honduras and Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama

Population

≈ 50K–499,999

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