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Colinus virginianus (northern bobwhite)
Taxonomy
Tetrao virginianus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Colinus.
It was recombined as Callipepla virginianus by Harris (1987); it was recombined as Colinus virginianus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee (1992), Steadman et al. (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Callipepla virginianus by Harris (1987); it was recombined as Colinus virginianus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1962), Parmalee (1992), Steadman et al. (2003) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Tetrao virginianus Linnaeus |
1930 | Colinus virginianus Hay p. 327 |
1931 | Colinus virginianus Wetmore p. 32 |
1940 | Colinus virginianus Wetmore p. 45 |
1956 | Colinus virginianus Wetmore p. 54 |
1962 | Colinus virginianus Wetmore |
1987 | Callipepla virginianus Harris |
1992 | Colinus virginianus Parmalee p. 312 |
2003 | Colinus virginianus Steadman et al. |
2017 | Colinus virginianus Clements et al. |
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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.
Colinus virginianus Linnaeus 1758 [northern bobwhite]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available