Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (35)
- Subspecies (21)
Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernandez, and Damon Williford
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 9, 2014
Text last updated September 9, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colí de Virgínia |
| Croatian | virdžinijska prepelica |
| Czech | křepel virginský |
| Danish | Bobwhite |
| Dutch | Boomkwartel |
| English | Northern Bobwhite |
| English (United States) | Northern Bobwhite |
| Finnish | peltoviiriäinen |
| French | Colin de Virginie |
| French (France) | Colin de Virginie |
| German | Virginiawachtel |
| Greek | Δεντροπέρδικα του Βορρά |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Kay |
| Hebrew | שליו אמריקני |
| Icelandic | Tannhæna |
| Italian | Colino della Virginia |
| Japanese | コリンウズラ |
| Lithuanian | Virgininė putpelė |
| Norwegian | nordkrattvaktel |
| Polish | przepiór wirginijski |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Codorniz-da-virgínia |
| Romanian | Prepeliță cu gât alb |
| Russian | Виргинский перепел |
| Serbian | Virdžinijska prepelica |
| Slovak | prepelka hnedá |
| Slovenian | Virginijski kolin |
| Spanish | Colín de Virginia |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Codorniz |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cordoníz |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Codorniz Cotuí |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Codorniz de Virginia |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colín de Virginia |
| Swedish | vitstrupig vaktel |
| Turkish | Virjinya Kolini |
| Ukrainian | Перепелиця віргінська |
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao virginianus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.161.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'America' = Virginia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COLINUS
- virginiana / virginianicus / virginianus / virginica / virginicus / virgininus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Distribution of the Northern Bobwhite
