Spotted Wood Quail
Photo: Hans Norelius from Älvsjö, Sweden · CC BY 2.0

New World Quail

Spotted Wood Quail

Odontophorus guttatus

LCLeast Concern
Family
New World Quail (Odontophoridae)
Order
Galliformes

Overview

The spotted wood quail (Odontophorus guttatus) is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is a resident breeder in the mountains of Central America from southern Mexico to western Panama.
It occurs in highlands from 1000 m or higher up to the timberline, usually in dense understory thickets or bamboos. The nest, as with several other wood-quails remains undescribed, but the eggs are known to be creamy-white with brown spots.

Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Range and habitat

Forest of southeastern Mexico to far western Panama.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.