Colinus
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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]
Taxonomy
The genus Colinus was introduced in 1820 by the German naturalist Georg August Goldfuss to accommodate a single species, Perdrix mexicanus, a junior synonym of Tetrao virginiatus Linnaeus, 1758, the northern bobwhite, which is the type species by monotypy.[2][3] The genus name come from the Nahuatl language Zōlin meaning "quail".[4]
Species
The genus contains four species.[5]
Fossil species
- †Colinus eatoni Shufeldt 1915
- †Colinus suilium Brodkorb 1959
- †Colinus hibbardi Wetmore 1944
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Goldfuss, Georg August (1820). Handbuch der Zoologie (in German). Vol. 2. Nürnberg: J.L. Schrag. p. 220.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Peters, James Lee, ed. (1934). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 46.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jobling, James A. "Colinus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Pheasants, partridges, francolins". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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