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Bobwhites
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Bobwhites

Colinus

Colinus is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae. Members of the genus are commonly known as bobwhites.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Northern Bobwhite

speciesColinus virginianus

Black-throated Bobwhite

speciesColinus nigrogularis

Crested Bobwhite

speciesColinus cristatus

Spot-bellied Bobwhite

speciesColinus leucopogon

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1279.