Colinus

Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Colinus
Goldfuss, 1820
Type species
Tetrao virginianus[2]
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Species

Colinus is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae. Members of the genus are commonly known as bobwhites.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Colinus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  2. ^ Peters, JL (1934). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. pp. 46–51.

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