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Species: | C. cristatus
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Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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The Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus) is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It is found in northern South America, extending through Panama to just reach Costa Rica. It also occurs on Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Source
- BirdLife International 2004. Colinus cristatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.