Colinus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Pangalloanserae
Cladus: Galloanseres
Ordo: Galliformes

Familia: Odontophoridae
Genus: Colinus
Species: C. cristatus - C. leucopogon - C. nigrogularis - C. virginianus
Name

Colinus Goldfuss, 1820
References
Handbuch der Zoologie 2 Abth. 2 p. 220

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

Genus Colinus – Goldfuss, 1820 – four species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Crested bobwhite	Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)		Size: 22 cm Habitat: open scrubland Diet:	LC
Spot-bellied bobwhite	Colinus leucopogon (Lesson, 1842)	El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica	Size: 23 cm Habitat: open scrubland Diet:	LC
Yucatan bobwhite, black-throated bobwhite	Colinus nigrogularis (Gould, 1843)		Size: 22 cm Habitat: henequen and sisal landscape Diet:	LC
Northern bobwhite	Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)		Size: 25 cm Habitat: prairies, farmland, woodlands Diet:	NT

Fossil species

†Colinus eatoni
†Colinus suilium Brodkorb 1959
†Colinus hibbardi Wetmore 1944

References

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