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;[[:Category:Colinus|Colinus]] nigrogularis | ;[[:Category:Colinus|Colinus]] nigrogularis | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | + | [[Image:110111 Black-throated Bobwhite 2391.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female; subspecies caboti<br />Photo by {{user|Glen+Tepke|Glen Tepke}}<br />Rio Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, [[Mexico]], January 2011]] | |
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[[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[Honduras]] and [[Nicaragua]]. | [[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[Honduras]] and [[Nicaragua]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
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| − | + | There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | |
*''C. n. persiccus'': | *''C. n. persiccus'': | ||
:*South-eastern [[Mexico]] (Progresso area of Yucatán Peninsula) | :*South-eastern [[Mexico]] (Progresso area of Yucatán Peninsula) | ||
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Dry shrubland and seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, brush borders. | Dry shrubland and seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, brush borders. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
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| + | They appear to eat mostly seeds. Apparently they get their moisture from vegetation. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | #{{Ref- | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase |
| + | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017) | ||
#Digital Commons | #Digital Commons | ||
#Wikipedia | #Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 19:35, 7 October 2017
- Colinus nigrogularis
Identification
Female; subspecies caboti
Photo by Glen Tepke
Rio Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, Mexico, January 2011
Photo by Glen Tepke
Rio Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan, Mexico, January 2011
18–21·5 cm (7-8½ in)
Male
- Mottled brown crown
- Black in front of eyes
- Black throat separated from black eye-stripe by broad whitish stripe passing through ear region and down neck
- Underparts "scaly" black and white pattern
- Upperparts patterned with buff, brown, and black
Female
- Buffy chin and upper throat
- Nape feathers edged grey
- Ear feathers streaked buff
- White breast with dark shaft-streaks and cross-bars with two rows of terminal white spots
Distribution
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- C. n. persiccus:
- South-eastern Mexico (Progresso area of Yucatán Peninsula)
- C. n. caboti:
- South-eastern Mexico (northern Campeche, Yucatán and northern Quintana Roo)
- C. n. nigrogularis:
- C. n. segoviensis:
Habitat
Dry shrubland and seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, brush borders.
Behaviour
Diet
They appear to eat mostly seeds. Apparently they get their moisture from vegetation.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
- Digital Commons
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-throated Bobwhite. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-throated_Bobwhite
