Nombre en español: Perdiz Carinegra

Nombre en ingles: Black-fronted Wood-Quail

Nombre científico: Odontophorus atrifrons

Familia: Odontophoridae

Foto: Julian Zuleta

Canto: Ross Gallardy

El corcovado común (Odontophorus atrifrons), también denominado corcovado carinegro, perdiz frentinegra o perdiz carinegra, es una especie de ave galliforme de la familia Odontophoridae que se encuentra en los bosques del norte y nororiente de Colombia y el noroccidente de Venezuela, entre los 1.200 y 3.100 m de altitud.

Descripción

Mide entre 28,5 y 30 cm de longitud y en promedio pesa 305 g. Corona y cresta corta color castaño rojizo (rufo); frente, mejillas, nuca y garganta negras; anillo ocular gris pizarra; dorso castaño con rayas grises, ante y negras y alas color castaño con barras negras y puntos beige. La parte inferior es de color marrón grisáceo con rayas finas de color castaño y gris y con el centro del pecho y el vientre con matices blacuzcos y puntos oscuros y blancos.

Black-fronted wood quail

The black-fronted wood quail (Odontophorus atrifrons) is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Restricted to northeast Colombia and adjacent western Venezuela, where it is known solely from the Perijá Mountains, the Black-fronted Wood-Quail is an extremely little-known species in life. Of the three described subspecies, just one has apparently been recorded recently. The species’ plumage is mainly gray-brown, delicately marked with black and white over the wings and breast, but the throat and face are black, and there is a dark rufous and short bushy crest. There is no known altitudinal overlap with any other Odontophorusspecies making identification straightforward. The Black-fronted Wood-Quail is confined to montane tropical forest at elevations between 1200 and 3100 m, and BirdLife International currently categorizes the species’ conservation status as Vulnerable, based on its small range and presumably declining population.