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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

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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] All bobwhite species naturally occur only in the Americas.

Species

Extant species

Scientific name	Subspecies	Common name	Distribution
Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)	C. c. mariae Wetmore 1962 (Tres Marias crested bobwhite) C. c. panamensis Dickey & van Rossem 1930 (Panamanian crested quail) C. c. decoratus (Todd 1917) (Magdalena crested bobwhite) C. c. littoralis (Todd 1917) (littoral crested bobwhite) C. c. cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766) C. c. horvathi (Madarász 1904) (Horvath's crested bobwhite) C. c. barnesi Gilliard 1940 (Barnes' crested bobwhite) C. c. sonnini (Temminck 1815) (Sonnini's crested bobwhite) C. c. mocquerysi (Hartert 1894) (Mocquerys's/Cumana crested bobwhite) C. c. leucotis (Gould 1844) (white-eared crested bobwhite) C. c. badius Conover 1938 (Cauca Valley crested bobwhite) C. c. bogotensis Dugand 1943 (Bogotá crested bobwhite) C. c. parvicristatus (Gould 1843) (short-crested bobwhite)	crested bobwhite	northern South America, extending through Panama to just reach Costa Rica
Colinus leucopogon (Lesson, 1842)	C. l. incanus Friedmann 1944 (Guatemalan white-breasted bobwhite) C. l. hypoleucus (Gould 1860) (El Salvador white-breasted bobwhite) C. l. leucopogon (Lesson 1842) (white-throated bobwhite) C. l. leylandi (Moore 1859) (Leyland's spot-bellied bobwhite) C. l. sclateri (Bonaparte 1856) (Sclater's spot-bellied bobwhite) C. l. dickeyi Conover 1932 (Dickey's spot-bellied bobwhite)	spot-bellied bobwhite	El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Colinus nigrogularis (Gould, 1843)	C. n. caboti van Tyne & Trautman 1941 (Yucatan black-throated bobwhite) C. n. persiccus van Tyne & Trautman 1941 (Progreso black-throated bobwhite) C. n. nigrogularis (Gould 1843) (Honduras black-throated bobwhite) C. n. segoviensis Ridgway 1888 (Segovia black-throated bobwhite)	Yucatan bobwhite, black-throated bobwhite	Central America where its range extends from the Yucatan Peninsula southwards to Honduras and Nicaragua
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)	C. v. graysoni subspecies-group C. v. graysoni (Lawrence 1867) (Grayson's bobwhite) C. v. nigripectus Nelson 1897 (puebla bobwhite) C. v. pectoralis subspecies-group C. v. pectoralis (Gould 1843) (black-breasted bobwhite) C. v. godmani Nelson 1897 (Godman's bobwhite) C. v. minor Nelson 1901 (least bobwhite) C. v. thayeri Bangs & Peters 1928 (Thayer's bobwhite) C. v. coyolcos subspecies-group C. v. nelsoni (Nelson's bobwhite) C. v. ridgwayi Brewster 1885 (Masked bobwhite) C. v. insignis Nelson 1897 (Guatemalan bobwhite) C. v. salvini Nelson 1897 (Salvin's bobwhite) C. v. coyolcos (Statius Müller 1776) (Coyolcos Bobwhite) C. v. harrisoni Orr & Webster 1968 (Harrison's bobwhite) C. v. atriceps (Ogilvie-Grant 1893) (black-headed bobwhite) C. v. virginianus subspecies-group C. v. aridus (Lawrence 1853) Aldrich 1942 (Jaumave bobwhite) C. v. cubanensis (Gray 1846) (Cuban bobwhite) C. v. floridanus (Coues 1872) (Florida bobwhite) C. v. maculatus Nelson 1899 (spot-bellied bobwhite) C. v. virginianus (Linnaeus 1758) (eastern bobwhite) C. v. taylori Lincoln 1915 (plains bobwhite) C. v. texanus (Lawrence 1853) (Texas bobwhite)	northern bobwhite^[1]	United States from the Great Lakes and southern Minnesota east to Pennsylvania and southern Massachusetts, and extending west to southern Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado front-range foothills to 7000 feet, and all but westernmost Texas

Fossil species

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.

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[ITIS-1] "Colinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-28.

[Peters-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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+'''''Colinus''''' is a genus of [[bird]]s in the [[New World quail]] family, Odontophoridae. Members of the genus are commonly known as '''bobwhites'''.<ref name="ITIS"/> All bobwhite species naturally occur only in the Americas.
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