Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Odontophoridae — New World Quail
Northern Bobwhite, Colinus virginianus, is a New World quail of North America and Middle America, breeding in the eastern and south-eastern USA and eastern Mexico. It is a ground-dwelling bird and is also known as the Virginia quail or bobwhite quail. The name bobwhite comes from its whistle-like call. It is one of the best-known quails in eastern North America, where it is often the only quail present in its range. There are 20 subspecies, and one, the masked bobwhite, has wild populations in Sonora and a reintroduced population in southern Arizona.
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Odontophoridae — New World Quail
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America: ec, se USA and e Mexico
