Crested bobwhite
The crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus) is a species of bird in the family Odontophoridae. 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.
| Crested bobwhite | |
|---|---|
| On Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Odontophoridae |
| Genus: | Colinus |
| Species: | C. cristatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tetrao cristatus Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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