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Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus
In our region, this species is primarily found on the Caribbean slope, though not in the coastal lowlands. It is also found at mid elevations along the Pacific slope of Guatemala. It is primarily a species that is found in upland areas and cloud forest, though is also found in lower, drier forest in the Peten of Guatemala. Bonta and Anderson describes this as an uncommon species in Honduras, though Monroe cites 41 specimens from the country, which is quite a big number. Land describes the species as locally common in the Peten (where Beavers describes it as rare) and Caribbean lowlands of Guatemala, but uncommon in the subtropics and highlands. There are no records from El Salvador. My only records from Guatemala have been from the Pacific slope at Tarrales and Santa Maria de Jesus. My only records from Honduras have been from Celaque and La Muralla. These records are mostly made from hearing the calls and I have never had a really good look at one, though Land describes them as "Easily observed in the open understory of mature forest."