Marbled Wood-Quail

SCI Name:  Odontophorus gujanensis
Protonym:  Tetrao gujanensis Syst.Nat. 1 pt2 p.767
Taxonomy:  Galliformes / Odontophoridae / Odontophorus
Taxonomy Code:  mawqua1
Type Locality:  Cayenne and Guiana; Cayenne accepted as type locality by Berlepsch and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 9, 1902, p. 121.
Author:  Gmelin, JF
Publish Year:  1789
IUCN Status:  Near Threatened

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.

gujana / gujanensis / gujanus
Guianas.
● ex “Small green and crimson Humming-bird” of Bancroft 1769, and “Gujana Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Chrysolampis mosquitus).
● ex “Verderoux” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey-headed Tanager” of Latham 1783 (Cyclarhis).
● ex “Partridge of Gujana” of Bancroft 1769, “Tocro” or “Perdrix de la Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Guiana Partridge” of Latham 1783 (Odontophorus).
● ex “Psittaca aquarum Lupiarum insulae” of Brisson 1760, and “Green Parrot of Gujana” of Bancroft 1769 (syn. Psittacara euops).
● ex “Psittaca gujanensis” of Brisson 1760, “Perruche de la Guyane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pll. 167, 407, “Perruche pavouane” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Pavouane Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Psittacara leucophthamus).
● ex “Rouge-queue de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 2, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Gujana Red-tail” of Latham 1783 (Synallaxis).
● Erroneous TL. Guiana (= San Domingo); ex “Grive de la Guyane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 398, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Gujana Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dulus dominicus).
● ex “Tête-chêvre roux de la Guyane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 733, “Montvoyau de la Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Gujana Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (unident.; Caprimulgidae).

SUBSPECIES

Marbled Wood-Quail (castigatus)
SCI Name: Odontophorus gujanensis castigatus
castigatus
L. castigatus  confined, shut in  < castigare  to correct.

Marbled Wood-Quail (marmoratus)
SCI Name: Odontophorus gujanensis marmoratus
marmorata / marmoratum / marmoratus
L. marmoratus  marbled  < marmor, marmoris  marble  < Gr. μαρμαρος marmaros  marble  < μαρμαιρω marmairō  to sparkle.
● ex “Marbled Guillemot” of Pennant 1785, and Latham 1785 (Brachyramphus).
● ex “Marbled Godwit” of Latham 1785, and Pennant 1787 (syn. Limosa fedoa).
● ex “Mbatuitui pecho listado” of de Azara 1802-1805, nos. 389, 390 (syn. Pluvialis dominica).
● ex “Garza jaspeada” (= ☼) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 353 (subsp. Tigrisoma lineatum).

Marbled Wood-Quail (gujanensis)
SCI Name: Odontophorus gujanensis gujanensis
gujana / gujanensis / gujanus
Guianas.
● ex “Small green and crimson Humming-bird” of Bancroft 1769, and “Gujana Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (syn. Chrysolampis mosquitus).
● ex “Verderoux” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grey-headed Tanager” of Latham 1783 (Cyclarhis).
● ex “Partridge of Gujana” of Bancroft 1769, “Tocro” or “Perdrix de la Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Guiana Partridge” of Latham 1783 (Odontophorus).
● ex “Psittaca aquarum Lupiarum insulae” of Brisson 1760, and “Green Parrot of Gujana” of Bancroft 1769 (syn. Psittacara euops).
● ex “Psittaca gujanensis” of Brisson 1760, “Perruche de la Guyane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pll. 167, 407, “Perruche pavouane” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Pavouane Parrot” of Latham 1781 (syn. Psittacara leucophthamus).
● ex “Rouge-queue de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 686, fig. 2, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Gujana Red-tail” of Latham 1783 (Synallaxis).
● Erroneous TL. Guiana (= San Domingo); ex “Grive de la Guyane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 398, fig. 1, and de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Gujana Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Dulus dominicus).
● ex “Tête-chêvre roux de la Guyane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 733, “Montvoyau de la Guyane” of de Buffon 1770-1786, and “Gujana Goatsucker” of Latham 1783 (unident.; Caprimulgidae).

Marbled Wood-Quail (medius)
SCI Name: Odontophorus gujanensis medius
medium / medius
L. medius  intermediate, middle.
● ex “Guifette” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 924 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● "54. PICUS.  ...  medius.  11. P. albo nigroque varius, ano verticeque rubris.  Picus albo nigroque varius, rectricibus tribus lateralibus apice albo variegatis. Fn. svec. 82.  Picus varius minor. Gesn. av. 708. Aldr. orn. l. 42. c. 33. Will. ornith. 92. t. 21. Raj. av. 43. Hasselqv. iter. 242.  Habitat in Europa.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Leiopicus).

Marbled Wood-Quail (buckleyi)
SCI Name: Odontophorus gujanensis buckleyi
buckleyi
● Thomas Edward Buckley (1846-1902) English traveller in Lapland, Sweden, Turkey, Greece and North America, ornithologist, collector, big-game hunter in tropical Africa 1872-1873, 1876, 1888 (subsp. Mirafra rufocinnamomea, Peliperdix).
● Clarence Buckley (b. 1832) British collector in Bolivia and Ecuador 1868-1880 (Björn Bergenholtz in litt.) (?syn. Chrysuronia oenone alleni, syn. Coeligena iris, syn. Colibri coruscans, Columbina, Laniisoma, Micrastur, subsp. Odontophorus gujanensis, subsp. Tityra inquisitor).

Marbled Wood-Quail (rufogularis)
SCI Name: Odontophorus gujanensis rufogularis
rufogulare / rufogularis
L. rufus red; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.

Marbled Wood-Quail (pachyrhynchus)
SCI Name: Odontophorus gujanensis pachyrhynchus
pachyrhynchus
Gr. παχυς pakhus large, thick, stout; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.

Marbled Wood-Quail (simonsi)
SCI Name: Odontophorus gujanensis simonsi
simonsi
Perry Oveitt Simons (1869-1901) US collector in the Neotropics, murdered in Bolivia (subsp. Atlapetes seebohmi, subsp. Attagis gayi, syn. Buteo poecilochrous, syn. Nothoprocta pentlandii oustaleti, subsp. Odontophorus gujanensis, syn. Oreopholus ruficollis, subsp. Pardirallus sanguinolentus, Scytalopus).