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Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite
Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon] (= Colinus cristatus) (Linnaeus, C 1766)
The crested bobwhite is a species of bird in the family Odontophoridae. 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. Source: Wikipedia
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Galliformes
Family:
Odontophoridae
Genus:
Colinus
Scientific:
Colinus cristatus
Classification
Order:Galliformes
Family:
Odontophoridae
Genus:
Colinus
Scientific:
Colinus cristatus
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Tetrao cristatus
Type locality:
"Mexico, Guiana " = Curaçao.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/281/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
C5B72F4EFA7556E9
Avibase ID:
avibase-C5B72F4E
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C5B72F4E
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175869
Geographic range:
- Colinus cristatus cristatus: northeastern Colombia (eastern Santa Marta Mountains) east through the Guajira Peninsula to the coast of northwestern Venezuela; also Aruba and Curaçao (where possibly introduced)
- Colinus cristatus sonnini: Coastal n Venezuela to the Guianas and extreme n Brazil
- Colinus cristatus mariae: Savanna of sw Costa Rica and e Panama (Chiriquí)
- Colinus cristatus panamensis: Lowlands of Pacific slope of Panama
- Colinus cristatus decoratus: Caribbean coast of Colombia
- Colinus cristatus littoralis: N base of Santa Marta Mountains (ne Colombia)
- Colinus cristatus badius: Cauca Valley to Pacific slope of Western Andes of Colombia
- Colinus cristatus bogotensis: E Andes of Colombia (Boyacá and Cundinamarca)
- Colinus cristatus parvicristatus: E slope of e Andes of Colombia and adjacent Venezuela
- Colinus cristatus horvathi: Andes of nw Venezuela (Mérida)
- Colinus cristatus barnesi: W-central Venezuela (Portuguesa and Barinas)
- Colinus cristatus mocquerysi: NE Venezuela (Sucre, n Monagas and n Anzoátegui)
- Colinus cristatus leucotis: N Colombia (Magdalena and Sinú valleys)
- Colinus leucopogon leucopogon: SE El Salvador and w Honduras
- Colinus leucopogon leylandi: NW Honduras
- Colinus leucopogon incanus: S Guatemala
- Colinus leucopogon hypoleucus: W El Salvador and adjacent Guatemala
- Colinus leucopogon sclateri: Central Honduras to nw Nicaragua
- Colinus leucopogon dickeyi: NW and central Costa Rica
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Source: Clements checklist
Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite
French:
Colin huppé ou C. à face blanche
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 63rd suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 64th suppl.): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite ( Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Crested Bobwhite ( Colinus cristatus) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Colí crestat
Carib: Cussapi, Itakira, Tokoro
Czech: Krepel chocholatý, křepel chocholatý
Danish: Toptrævagtel
German: Fleckenwachtel, Haubenbaumwachtel, Haubenwachtel, Tupfenwachtel
English: Crested Bobwhite, Crested or Spot-bellied Bobwhite, Curacao quail, Spot-bellied Bobwhite
English, HBW: Crested/Spot-bellied Bobwhite
English (IOC): Crested/Spot-bellied Bobwhite
English (United States): Crested Bobwhite
Esperanto: Krestokoturno
Spanish: Codorniz crestada, Codorniz crestudo, Codorniz manchada, Codorniz Vientrimanchada, codorniz-cotuí centroamericano, Colín Chico, Colín Crestudo, Colín Gorgiblanco, Cuiche centroamericano, Perdiz Chilindra, Perdiz Encrestada
Spanish (Colombia): Perdiz Chilindra, Perdiz común, Perdiz crestada
Spanish (Costa Rica): Codorniz crestada, Codorniz Vientrimanchada
Spanish (Spain): Colín Crestudo
Spanish (HBW): Crested Bobwhite
Spanish (Honduras): Codorniz crestudo, Codorniz manchada
Spanish (Mexico): codorniz-cotuí centroamericano, Cuiche centroamericano
Spanish (Nicaragua): Codorniz Crestada
Spanish (Panama): Codorniz Crestada
Spanish (Venezuela): Perdiz Encrestada
Estonian: lõuna-nurmvutt
Finnish: Töyhtöviiriäinen
French: Colin à face blanche, colin de Curacao, Colin huppé, Colin huppé ou C. à face blanche, Colin zonecolin, Colin zonécolin
Guianese Creole French: Kay-savann
Italian: Colino crestato
Japanese (romaji): kammurikorin, kanmurikorin
Japanese: カンムリコリン
Scientific: Colinus [cristatus or leucopogon], Colinus cristatus, Colinus cristatus cristatus, Colinus leucopogon, Colinus leucopogon leucopogon, Ortyx leucopogon, Tetrao cristatus
Lithuanian: Kuoduotoji amerikinė putpelė
Dutch: Kortkuif boomkwartel, Kuifbobwhite
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sørkrattvaktel
Norwegian: Sørkrattvaktel
Polish: Przepiór plamisty, przepiór zmienny, Przepiór zmieny
Portuguese: perdiz, uru, Uru-do-campo
Portuguese (Brazil): perdiz, uru, Uru-do-campo
Portuguese (Portugal): codorniz-de-crista, Uru-do-campo
Russian: Хохлатая американская куропатка, Хохлатый бобуайт, Хохлатый перепел
Slovak: Prepelka chochlatá
Serbian: Ćubasta kolinus prepelica
Sranan: Sabana-anamu
Swedish: fläckbukig vaktel/kronvaktel, Kronvaktel
Turkish: Sarı suratlı kolin
Ukrainian: Перепелиця чубата
Chinese: 冠齿鹑
Chinese (Traditional): 冠齒鶉
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