The bearded wood partridge (Dendrortyx barbatus) is a bird species in the family Odontophoridae, the New World quail.

[3] The bearded wood partridge has a discontinuous range in the central part of Mexico's Sierra Madre Oriental.

The Santo Domingo River in northern Oaxaca and western slope of the Sierra Madre Oriental act as biogeographic barriers.

The bearded wood-partridge's song is "a series of loud, rollicking whistles, repeated rapidly and often given in duet".

[3] The IUCN has assessed the bearded wood partridge as Vulnerable since 2000 after initially rating it Critically Endangered.

"[S]urveys have found this species to be more widespread and numerous than previously thought, however it still has a highly fragmented range and small population undergoing a continuous decline.