The long-tailed wood partridge (Dendrortyx macroura) is a bird species in the family Odontophoridae, the New World quail.

[3][2] The long-tailed wood partridge inhabits humid pine-oak, pine, fir, and montane evergreen forests with dense understories.

[3] The long-tailed wood partridge forages mainly on the ground, scratching in leaf litter, but also climbs in low branches to search.

[3] The long-tailed wood partridge's breeding season extends from February to September, with nesting itself beginning in late April.

The long-tailed wood partridge's song is "complex, loud and rhythmic", usually given as a duet by both members of a pair.

The species also has an alarm call, "a repetition of short low-pitched, unmodulated squeaky notes.