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Colinus (bobwhite)
Taxonomy
Colinus was named by Goldfuss (1820). It is extant. Its type is Tetrao virginianus. It was considered monophyletic by Eo et al. (2009).
It was assigned to Perdicidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Odontophorinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Phasianidae by Wetmore (1962) and Parmalee (1992); and to Odontophoridae by Wetmore (1924), Eo et al. (2009) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Perdicidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Odontophorinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Phasianidae by Wetmore (1962) and Parmalee (1992); and to Odontophoridae by Wetmore (1924), Eo et al. (2009) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Colinus Goldfuss 1820 [bobwhite]
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Colinus cristatus Linnaeus 1758 [crested bobwhite]
†Colinus eatoni Shufeldt 1915
†Colinus hibbardi Wetmore 1944
†Colinus suilium Brodkorb 1959
Colinus virginianus Linnaeus 1758 [northern bobwhite]
Invalid names: Ortyx Stephens 1819 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available