Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (29)
- Subspecies (13)
John van Dort and Luis Sandoval
Version: 2.0 — Published October 22, 2024
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Качулат пъдпъдък |
| Catalan | colí crestat |
| Croatian | krunata prepelica |
| Czech | křepel chocholatý |
| Dutch | Kuifboomkwartel |
| English | Crested Bobwhite |
| English (United States) | Crested Bobwhite |
| Estonian | lõuna-nurmvutt |
| Finnish | töyhtöviiriäinen |
| French | Colin huppé |
| French (Canada) | Colin huppé |
| German | Haubenwachtel |
| Japanese | カンムリコリン |
| Norwegian | sørkrattvaktel |
| Polish | przepiór zmienny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | uru-do-campo |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Uru-do-campo |
| Russian | Хохлатый перепел |
| Serbian | Ćubasta prepelica |
| Slovak | prepelka chochlatá |
| Spanish | Colín Crestudo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Codorniz Crestada |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Codorniz Crestada |
| Spanish (Panama) | Codorniz Crestada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colín crestudo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Perdiz Encrestada |
| Swedish | kronvaktel |
| Turkish | Tepeli Kolin |
| Ukrainian | Перепелиця чубата |
Revision Notes
John van Dort revised and standardized the account with Clements Checklist update 2024, and curated the media. Nicholas D. Sly generated the map. Maria G. Smith generated the table.
Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao cristatus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.277.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico, Guiana = Curaçao.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- COLINUS
- cristatum / cristatus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Crested Bobwhite
