Colinus
Genus of birds
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Colinus virginianus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Odontophoridae |
Genus: | Colinus Goldfuss, 1820 |
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Tetrao virginianus[2] (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Colinus is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae. Members of the genus are commonly known as bobwhites.[1]
Species
Extant species
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Crested bobwhite
| Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | Size: 22 cm Habitat: open scrubland Diet: | LC
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Spot-bellied bobwhite
| Colinus leucopogon (Lesson, 1842) | El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica | Size: 23 cm Habitat: open scrubland Diet: | LC
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Yucatan bobwhite, black-throated bobwhite
| Colinus nigrogularis (Gould, 1843) | Size: 22 cm Habitat: henequen and sisal landscape Diet: | LC
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Northern bobwhite
| Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Size: 25 cm Habitat: prairies, farmland, woodlands Diet: | NT
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Fossil species
- †Colinus eatoni
- †Colinus suilium Brodkorb 1959
- †Colinus hibbardi Wetmore 1944
References
- ^ a b "Colinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
- ^ Peters, JL (1934). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 46–51.
External links
- Media related to Colinus at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Colinus at Wikispecies
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Genera of landfowl and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Superorder: Galloanserae
- Clade: Pangalliformes
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