Odontophorus Leucolaemus Bird

Odontophorus Leucolaemus Bird

Odontophorus Leucolaemus Bird

English Name:  Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Latin Name:  Odontophorus leucolaemus
Protonym:  Odontophorus leucolaemus Proc.Zool.Soc.London Pt1 p.161
Taxonomy:  Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Odontophorus
Taxonomy Code:  bbwqua1
Type Locality:  Cordillera de Tol6, Veraguas, Panama.
Author:  Salvin
Publish Year:  1867
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ODONTOPHORUS
(Odontophoridae; Ϯ Marbled Wood Quail O. gujanensis) Gr. οδοντοφορος odontophoros  bearing teeth  < οδους odous, οδοντος odontos  tooth; φερω pherō  to carry; "188. TOCRO, Odontophorus.  Tetrao, Linn. Gm.  Perdix, Lath.  Bec nu à la base, convexe en dessus, très-comprimé, crochu vers le bout; mandibule inférieure bidentée près la pointe. — Orbites et lorum nus. — Queue arrondie. — Rectrices 12.    Esp. Tocro, Buff." (Vieillot 1816); "Odontophorus Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 51. Type, by monotypy, "Tocro," Buffon = Tetrao gujanensis Gmelin." (Peters 1934, II, 51).
Var. Odonthophorus, Dentophorus (L. dens, dentis  tooth).
Synon. Strophiortyx.

leucolaema / leucolaemus / leucolaima / leucolaimus
Gr. λευκος leukos white; λαιμος laimos throat.