Biology:Colinus
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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]
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 Zōlin meaning "quail".[4]
Species
The genus contains four species.[5]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crested bobwhite
|
Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
|
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) |
|
Size: 22 cm Habitat: henequen and sisal landscape Diet: |
LC
|
| 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
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedITIS - ↑ Goldfuss, Georg August (1820) (in German). Handbuch der Zoologie. 2. Nürnberg: J.L. Schrag. p. 220. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015070879252&seq=244.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 46. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14482859.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Colinus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Colinus.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (August 2024). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/pheasants/.
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