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− | {{ | + | [[Image:Black-throated Bobwhite P1070956.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Male; subspecies caboti<br />Photo by {{user|njlarsen|njlarsen}}<br />Las Coloradas rd, Yucatan, [[Mexico]], May 2012]] |
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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]] | |
− | + | 18–21·5 cm (7-8½ in)<br /> | |
+ | '''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<br /> | ||
+ | ''' 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== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | [[ | + | [[Central America]]: found in [[Mexico]], [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]], [[Honduras]] and [[Nicaragua]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
− | There are 4 subspecies: | + | ====Subspecies==== |
− | * ''C n | + | There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: |
− | * ''C n | + | *''C. n. persiccus'': |
− | * ''C n | + | :*South-eastern [[Mexico]] (Progresso area of Yucatán Peninsula) |
− | * | + | *''C. n. caboti'': |
+ | :*South-eastern [[Mexico]] (northern Campeche, Yucatán and northern Quintana Roo) | ||
+ | *''C. n. nigrogularis'': | ||
+ | :*[[Belize]] and adjacent northern [[Guatemala]] | ||
+ | *''C. n. segoviensis'': | ||
+ | :*Eastern [[Honduras]] and north-eastern [[Nicaragua]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Dry shrubland and seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, brush borders. | Dry shrubland and seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, brush borders. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
− | + | ====Diet==== | |
+ | They appear to eat mostly seeds. Apparently they get their moisture from vegetation. | ||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase | ||
+ | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017) | ||
+ | #Digital Commons | ||
+ | #Wikipedia | ||
+ | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Colinus+nigrogularis}} | {{GSearch|Colinus+nigrogularis}} | ||
− | [[Category:Birds | + | {{GS-checked}} |
+ | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Colinus]] |
Latest revision as of 16:47, 6 April 2022
- Colinus nigrogularis
Identification
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 17 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-throated_Bobwhite
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.