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Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group]

Colinus virginianus [virginianus] (= Colinus virginianus virginianus) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Classification
Order:
  Galliformes
Family:
  Odontophoridae
Genus:
   Colinus
Scientific:
  Colinus virginianus virginianus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.161

Protonym:
  Tetrao virginianus

Type locality:
  'America' = Virginia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/180/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  8E1DE1903DBE6E4D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-8E1DE190

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/8E1DE190


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175864

Geographic range:

  • Colinus virginianus virginianus: Atlantic coast of USA (Virginia to northern Florida and southeastern Alabama)
  • Colinus virginianus marilandicus: northeastern USA (southeastern Maine to Pennsylvania and central Virginia)
  • Colinus virginianus mexicanus: eastern USA west of Atlantic seaboard to Great Plains
  • Colinus virginianus cubanensis: Cuba including Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Pines; south of western Cuba)
  • Colinus virginianus texanus: southwestern Texas (southern USA) to northern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas)
  • Colinus virginianus [floridanus or insulanus]: peninsular Florida (southeastern USA)
  • Colinus virginianus taylori: South Dakota to northern Texas, western Missouri, and northwestern Arkansas (central USA)
  • Colinus virginianus maculatus: eastern Mexico (central Tamaulipas to northern Veracruz and southeastern San Luis Potosí)
  • Colinus virginianus aridus: eastern Mexico (central and west-central Tamaulipas to southeastern San Luis Potosí)
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English:
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group]
Czech:
křepel virginský [skupina virginianus]
Danish:
Bobwhite, Østlig [virginianus Gruppe]
German:
Virginiawachtel [virginianus-Gruppe]
Spanish:
Colín de Virginia (grupo virginianus)
Spanish (Spain):
Colín de Virginia (grupo virginianus)
Finnish:
peltoviiriäinen [alalaji virginianus]
French:
Colin de Virginie [virginianus]
Hungarian:
Bozótfürj (Keleti)
Icelandic:
Tannhæna [virginianus hópur]
Italian:
Colino della Virginia [gruppo virginianus]
Japanese (romaji):
korin'uzura (virginianus guru-pu)
Japanese:
コリンウズラ(virginianus グループ)
Lithuanian:
Virgininė putpelė [virginianus grupė]
Dutch:
Bobwhite (virginianus groep)
Norwegian:
nordkrattvaktel (virginianus gr.)
Polish:
przepiór wirginijski [gr. virginianus]
Portuguese (Portugal):
codorniz-virginiana [grupo virginianus]
Russian:
Виргинский перепел [группа virginianus]
Slovak:
prepelka hnedá (skup.)
Serbian:
Virdžinijska prepelica [virginianus grupa]
Swedish:
vitstrupig vaktel [gruppen virginianus]


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (1886):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 1st suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 2nd suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 3rd suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 4th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 5th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 6th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 1st edition (incl. 7th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (1895):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 8th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 9th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 10th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 11th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 12th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931):
Bob-white ( Colinus virginianus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group] ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus])
eBird version 1.50:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Northern Bobwhite (Eastern) ( Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group]) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Colinus virginianus

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Catalan: Colí de Virgínia
Czech: krepel virginský, křepel virginský [skupina virginianus]
Danish: Bobwhite, Bobwhite, Østlig [virginianus Gruppe]
German: Virginiawachtel, Virginiawachtel [virginianus-Gruppe]
Greek: Δεντροπέρδικα του Βορρά [virginianus ομάδα], Δεντροπέρδικα του Βορρά [virginianus]
English: Bob-white, Northern Bobwhite, Northern Bobwhite (Eastern group), Northern Bobwhite (Eastern), Northern Bobwhite [Eastern group]
English, HBW: Northern Bobwhite (Eastern)
English (IOC): Northern Bobwhite (Eastern)
English (United States): Northern Bobwhite (Eastern)
Esperanto: Arbokoturno
Spanish: Codorniz Cotuí (grupo virginianus), Colín de Virginia, Colín de Virginia (grupo virginianus)
Spanish (Cuba): Codorniz [grupo virginianus]
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Cordoníz
Spanish (Spain): Colín de Virginia (grupo virginianus), Colín de Virginia [virginianus Group]
Spanish (HBW): Northern Bobwhite (Eastern)
Spanish (Mexico): codorniz cotuí, Codorniz Cotuí (grupo virginianus)
Estonian: nurmvutt (põhja-nurmvutt)
Finnish: peltoviiriäinen, peltoviiriäinen [alalaji virginianus]
French: Colin de Virginie, Colin de Virginie (de l'Est), Colin de Virginie (forme de l'Est), Colin de Virginie [virginianus]
Irish: Gearg bhabaight
Haitian Creole French: Kay
Hebrew: שלו אמריקאי
Hungarian: Bozótfürj (Keleti)
Icelandic: Tannhæna, Tannhæna [virginianus hópur]
Italian: Colino della Virginia, Colino della Virginia [gruppo virginianus]
Japanese (romaji): korin'uzura, korin'uzura (virginianus guru-pu)
Japanese: コリンウズラ, コリンウズラ (virginianus グループ), コリンウズラ(virginianus グループ)
Scientific: Colinus virginianus, Colinus virginianus [virginianus Group], Colinus virginianus [virginianus], Colinus virginianus virginianus, Tetrao virginianus
Lithuanian: Virgininė putpelė [virginianus grupė], Virginvištė
Dutch: Bobwhite (virginianus groep), Boomkwartel
Norwegian: Nordkrattvaktel, nordkrattvaktel (virginianus gr.)
Polish: przepiór wirginijski, przepiór wirginijski [gr. virginianus]
Portuguese: Codorniz da Virgínia
Portuguese (Portugal): Codorniz-da-virgínia [grupo virginianus], codorniz-virginiana [grupo virginianus]
Russian: Виргинская перепелка, Виргинский перепел [группа virginianus]
Slovak: Prepelka hnedá, prepelka hnedá (skup.)
Slovenian: virginijski kolin, Virginijski kolin [virginianus]
Serbian: Virdžinijska prepelica [virginianus grupa]
Swedish: Vitstrupig vaktel, vitstrupig vaktel [gruppen virginianus], vitstrupig vaktel [virginianus Group]
Turkish: Virjinya bıldırcını, Virjinya Bıldırcını [virginianus Grubu], Virjinya kolini [virginianus grubu]

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