Odontophorus melanonotus, or Dark-backed Wood Quail is a bird that has crown back wings and dark brown chin, throat, and breast. This bird lives in a wet, forest. They have a small range in southwest Columbia and northwest Ecuador.

 

They aren’t doing well because of habitat loss. In total there are about 10,000- 20,000 individuals.  Their population is shrinking. It’s shrinking because Logging, Human Settlement, and animal grazing. Deforestation and hunting for food are the major threats to this species. 

 

Dark-backed Wood Quails feed on terrestrial invertebrates and fruit. After all, I learned that the dark-backed Wood Quail is very vulnerable and getting endangered. There isn’t much information about this bird because there aren’t very many of them.

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Author: Kaitlynn T.

Published: 2/2014

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Sources:http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22679663/0 http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=330

http://www.gbwf.org/quail/melanonotus.html