wood quail
bird
Also known as: Odontophorus
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Wood quail refers to any of numerous heavy-billed, forest-dwelling tropical American birds belonging to the genus Odontophorus. These birds resemble partridges but are generally smaller and less robust. They are the only phasianids widely distributed in South America and are known to be forest dwellers.12
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