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 LC    Black-throated Bobwhite* Id (Atlas):
    Colinus nigrogularis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Black-throated Bobwhite, Yucatan Bobwhite

Family
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)

Size
20 - 21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna, pastureland.

Range (Guide)
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud whistle 'white' or 'bob-white'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

 
Yucatan Bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis) [XC657785]
     by Richard C. Hoyer from Hattieville, Belize District, Belize (call)

 
Yucatan Bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis) [XC416873]
     by Esau Toaki Villarreal from Sisal, Hunucm\u00e1, Yucat\u00e1n, Mexico (song)

Subspecies
Possibly conspecific with Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • persiccus van Tyne & Trautman, 1941   -  Progreso area of Yucatán, south-eastern Mexico.
  • caboti van Tyne & Trautman, 1941   -  Northern Campeche, Yucatán (except Progreso area) and northern Quintana Roo, south-eastern Mexico.
  • nigrogularis (Gould, 1843)   -  Belize and northern Guatemala.
  • segoviensis Ridgway, 1888   -  Eastern Honduras and north-eastern Nicaragua.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Black-throated Bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis) - 10 files


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