Colinus

Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Colinus
Goldfuss, 1820
Type species
Tetrao virginianus[2]
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

Colinus is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae. Members of the genus are commonly known as bobwhites.[1]

Species

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Extant species

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Genus Colinus – Goldfuss, 1820 – four species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Crested bobwhite

Colinus cristatus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Map of range 		Size: 22 cm

Habitat: open scrubland

Diet: 		 LC 


Spot-bellied bobwhite

Colinus leucopogon
(Lesson, 1842) 		El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica Size: 23 cm

Habitat: open scrubland

Diet: 		 LC 


Yucatan bobwhite, black-throated bobwhite

Colinus nigrogularis
(Gould, 1843)
Map of range 		Size: 22 cm

Habitat: henequen and sisal landscape

Diet: 		 LC 


Northern bobwhite

Colinus virginianus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Map of range 		Size: 25 cm

Habitat: prairies, farmland, woodlands

Diet: 		 NT 



Fossil species

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  • †Colinus eatoni
  • †Colinus suilium Brodkorb 1959
  • †Colinus hibbardi Wetmore 1944

References

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  1. ^ a b "Colinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  2. ^ Peters, JL (1934). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 46–51.


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