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Crested bobwhite

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Crested Bobwhite
On Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
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C. cristatus
Binomial name
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.

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