Colinus

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Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Colinus
Goldfuss, 1820
Type species
Perdrix mexicanus=Tetrao virginianus Linnaeus, 1758
northern bobwhite
Species

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

Taxonomy

The genus Colinus was introduced in 1820 by the German naturalist Georg August Goldfuss to accommodate a single species, Perdrix mexicanus, a junior synonym of Tetrao virginiatus Linnaeus, 1758, the northern bobwhite, which is the type species by monotypy.[2][3] The genus name come from the Nahuatl language Zölin meaning "quail".[4]

Species

The genus contains four species.[5]

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Colinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  2. ↑ Goldfuss, Georg August (1820). Handbuch der Zoologie (in German). Vol. 2. Nürnberg: J.L. Schrag. p. 220.
  3. ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 46.
  4. ↑ Jobling, James A. "Colinus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 19 February 2025.