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Spot quail ( Colinus Leucopogon )

The stain quail ( Colinus Leucopogon ) is a species of bird in the family Quails. It is native to Central America.

Features

The stain quail is 22 to 24 cm long. The plumage of the males is variable and is used to characterize the subspecies. All morphs have a brown back and neck are mottled black. The side of the head run over two white eye stripe. Cross over his eyes a long narrow dark stripe. The throat is white. The stain quail was placed earlier with the hood quail in a single species, but differs from it by the much smaller Schopf and white spotted belly. Parts of the abdomen can be a solid color in the different subspecies. The males of the spot quail weigh an average of 140 g, females 115 g

Distribution and habitat

The stain quail found in northern Central America between Guatemala and Costa Rica. It is divided into six subspecies.

The natural habitat of the hood quail are grass savannas, forest edges and thickets of tropical and temperate zones. Similar species are found only in the forests in the area.

Subspecies

There are six recognized subspecies. These are:

  • Colinus Leucopogon Leucopogon ( Lesson, 1842), southeastern El Salvador and western Honduras
  • Colinus Leucopogon incanus Friedmann, 1944, southern Guatemala
  • Colinus Leucopogon hypoleucus ( Gould, 1860), western El Salvador to western Guatemala
  • Colinus Leucopogon leylandi ( Moore, 1859), northwestern Honduras
  • Colinus Leucopogon sclateri ( Bonaparte, 1856), southwestern Honduras to northwestern Nicaragua
  • Colinus Leucopogon dickeyi Conover, 1932, northwestern and central Costa Rica
Genus Middle America (region) John Gould
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