Tawny-faced Quail
Rhynchortyx cinctus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderGalliformes (Landfowl)
- FamilyOdontophoridae (New World Quails)
- GenusRhynchortyx (Tawny-faced quails)
- SpeciesRhynchortyx cinctus (Tawny-faced Quail)
Closest Relatives at Darién National Park
Marbled Wood Quail
Odontophorus gujanensis
Black-eared Wood Quail
Odontophorus melanotis
Tacarcuna Wood Quail
Odontophorus dialeucos
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereiceps
Crested Guan
Penelope purpurascens
Great Curassow
Crax rubra
Baudó Guan
Penelope ortoni
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 3 | Utría National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Pico Bonito National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Tawny-faced Quail in Darién National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Tawny-faced Quail sighting in Darién National Park, based on 55 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Tawny-faced Quail in Darién National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Tawny-faced Quail in Darién National Park in our monthly data.