Species factsheet

Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

Order: Colinus virginianus
Family: New World Quail (Odontophoridae)

Danish name: Bobwhite

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

virginianus

s and e USA

floridanus

Florida (se United States), Bahama Is.

cubanensis

Cuba

taylori

c USA

ridgwayi

Sonora (n Mexico)

texanus

sw Texas (sc USA) to Coahuila, Nuevo-León and Tamaulipas (n Mexico)

maculatus

ec and c Mexico

aridus

ne Mexico

graysoni

wc Mexico

nigripectus

e Mexico

pectoralis

c Veracruz (se Mexico)

godmani

e Veracruz (se Mexico)

minor

Tabasco, ne Chiapas (se Mexico)

insignis

se Chiapas (s Mexico), nw Guatemala

salvini

s Chiapas (s Mexico)

coyolcos

e Oaxaca, n Chiapas (s Mexico)

thayeri

ne Oaxaca (s Mexico)

harrisoni

sw Oaxaca (s Mexico)

atriceps

w Oaxaca (s Mexico)

Photos

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