Crested Bobwhite
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| Crested Bobwhite | |
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| On Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Odontophoridae |
| Genus: | Colinus |
| Species: | C. cristatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
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The Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus) is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family. It is found in northern South America, extending through Panama to just reach Costa Rica. It also occurs on Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Colinus cristatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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