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Colinus

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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.