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Crested bobwhite

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Crested bobwhite
On Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Galliformes
Family:
Odontophoridae
Genus:
Colinus
Species:
C. cristatus
Binomial name
Colinus cristatus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Painting

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.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN


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