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Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Odontophoridae
Genus:	Colinus Goldfuss, 1820
Type species
Tetrao virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species
Colinus cristatus Colinus leucopogon Colinus nigrogularis Colinus virginianus

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

Species

Extant species

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)		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

Fossil species

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

References

1. ^ "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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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Superorder: Galloanserae Clade: Pangalliformes
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