Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon)

Other Names (World)
Spot-bellied Bobwhite, White breasted Bobwhite (hypoleucus), Sclater's Bobwhite (sclateri), Dickey's Bobwhite (dickeyi)

Family
Odontophoridae (New World Quails)

Size
22 - 24 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1842)

Habitat
Open woodland and savanna with trees and bushes.

Range (Guide)

Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico (B), Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela.

Introduced to St Vincent and The Grenadines, Virgin Islands (U.S.) (E) (B) (NB).

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 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 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Forms coveys of from 3 - 15 birds.

Food
Insects and seeds.

Voice
A rising, scratchy 'bob-white!' or 'bob-bob-white!', usually uttered by males during spring and summer.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus) [XC370245]
by Brendan Sloan from El Conacaste, Ciudad Arce, La Libertad, El Salvador (call)

Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) [XC749259]
by Doug Knapp from Orotina area, Costa Rica (song)

Eggs (Guide)
About 10; white. Incubation: mainly be female.

Subspecies
Not recognised as a species by BirdLife International. Considered to be conspecific with Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus).

Often considered conspecific with Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus). Several subspecies have at times been considered full species. Subspecies nicaraguae no longer considered valid.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus).

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

incanus Friedmann, 1944 - Southern Guatemala. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus).
hypoleucus (Gould, 1860) - Western El Salvador and adjacent Guatemala. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus).
leucopogon (Lesson, R, 1842) - South-eastern El Salvador and western Honduras. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus).
leylandi (Moore, TJ, 1859) - North-western Honduras. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus).
sclateri (Bonaparte, 1856) - South-western and central Honduras to north-western Nicaragua. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus).
dickeyi Conover, 1932 - North-western and central Costa Rica. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) - 10 files

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