Cyrtonyx ocellatus
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The ocellated quail (Cyrtonyx ocellatus) is a species of bird in the family Odontophoridae, the New World quail. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. The ocellated quail shares genus Cyrtonyx with the Montezuma quail (C. montezumae) and Salle’s quail (C. sallei). It is monotypic.
The ocellated quail is 20.5 to 23 cm (8.1 to 9.1 in) long. Males weigh an estimated 218 g (7.7 oz) and females an estimated 182 g (6.4 oz). The adult male's face has a black and white harlequin pattern. Its crown and nape are buffy brown to olive brown with a thick tawny crest on the rear of the crown. The throat is white with black stripes. Its upperparts are gray and brown with cinnamon stripes and black spots. The central breast is tawny cinnamon and its edges gray with cinnamon spots. The belly is a deeper cinnamon, the flanks gray with cinnamon scallops, and the vent area black. The female's face is buffy and black, the crest tawny, and the upperparts brown with buff lines. The breast and belly are wine red with black bars and spots.
The ocellated quail is or was found in far southern Mexico... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report an Ocellated Quail sighting in Celaque National Park on a given day, based on 8 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 170th most-seen of the 193 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an Ocellated Quail in Celaque National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to January, the lowest months. Those are among Celaque National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 370 mm in September.
Between 3 and 6 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ocellated Quail sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Celaque National Park, in our data
Celaque National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Ocellated Quail sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Odontophoridae
The closest relatives of the Ocellated Quail that you can see in Celaque National Park (family Odontophoridae, New World Quails) are Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge (about 10%) and Spot-bellied Bobwhite (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ocellated Quail is recorded against all the birds logged in Celaque National Park (8 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
