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Colinus virginianus (Northern Bobwhite)

Synonyms: Callipepla virginianus; Tetrao virginianus (homotypic)
Language: French; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The northern bobwhite, Virginia quail or (in its home range) bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) is a ground-dwelling bird native to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is a member of the group of species known as New World quails (Odontophoridae). They were initially placed with the Old World quails in the pheasant family (Phasianidae), but are not particularly closely related. The name "bobwhite" derives from its characteristic whistling call. Despite its secretive nature, the northern bobwhite is one of the most familiar quails in eastern North America because it is frequently the only quail in its range.
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Infraspecies

Colinus virginianus aridus (Jaumave bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus atriceps (Black-headed bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus coyolcos (Coyolcos bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus coyoleos
Colinus virginianus cubanensis (Cuban bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus floridanus (Florida bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus godmani (Godman's bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus graysoni (Grayson's bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus harrisoni (Bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus insignis (Guatemalan bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus insulanus (Key West bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus maculatus (Mottled bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus marilandicus
Colinus virginianus mexicanus
Colinus virginianus minor (Least bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus nigripectus (Puebla bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus pectoralis (Black-breasted bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus ridgwayi (Masked Bobwhite) (Attributes)
Colinus virginianus salvini (Salvin's bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus taylori (Plains bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus texanus (Texas bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus thayeri (Thayer's bobwhite)
Colinus virginianus virginianus (Northern Bobwhite)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
26
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.67794
EDGE Score: 2.42973
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  206 grams
Birth Weight [3]  8.9 grams
Female Weight [5]  117 grams
Male Weight [5]  150 grams
Weight Dimorphism [5]  28.2 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests, Tropical dry forests, Temperate grasslands, Tropical grasslands, Agricultural
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Temperate eastern forests, Tropical dry forests, Temperate grasslands, Tropical grasslands, Agricultural
Diet [4]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [4]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [4]  70 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [7]  8
Clutches / Year [6]  2
Fledging [5]  14 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  5,800,000
Incubation [6]  23 days
Mating System [3]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [6]  6 years
Snout to Vent Length [5]  9 inches (23 cm)
Wing Span [8]  14 inches (.345 m)
Female Maturity [6]  1 year
Male Maturity [6]  1 year

Ecoregions

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caribbean Islands Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. No
Madrean Pine-Oak Woodlands Mexico, United States No
Mesoamerica Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama No

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♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
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♦ 8EFFECTS OF BODY SIZE ON TAKE-OFF FLIGHT PERFORMANCE IN THE PHASIANIDAE (AVES), BRET W. TOBALSKE AND KENNETH P. DIAL, The Journal of Experimental Biology 203,3319–3332 (2000)
♦ 9Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 10Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
♦ 11Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
♦ 12Gundlach's Hawk, BirdLife International (1992) Threatened Birds of the Americas. Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International.
♦ 13Diet of the Timber Rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, Rulon W. Clark, Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 494-499, 2002
♦ 14THE DIET OF THE APLOMADO FALCON (FALCO FEMORALIS) IN EASTERN MEXICO, DEAN P. HECTOR, The Condor 87:336-342
♦ 15Resources of a Snake Community in Prairie-Woodland Habitat of Northeastern Kansas, Henry S. Fitch, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Research Report 13: 83-98 (1982)
♦ 16Mustela frenata, Steven R. Sheffield and Howard H. Thomas, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 570, pp. 1-9 (1997)
♦ 17PREY HANDLING AND DIET OF LOUISIANA PINE SNAKES (PITUOPHIS RUTHVENI) AND BLACK PINE SNAKES (P. MELANOLEUCUS LODINGI), WITH COM- PARISONS TO OTHER SELECTED COLUBRID SNAKES, D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf, Richard N. Conner, Christopher S. Collins, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer, Toni Trees, C. Michael Duran, Marc Ealy, John G. Himes, Herpetological Natural History, 9(1), 2002, pages 57-62
♦ 18Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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