Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus Scientific name definitions
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (19)
Luis Sandoval
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 8, 2011
Text last updated April 8, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colí crestat |
| Czech | křepel chocholatý |
| Dutch | Kuifboomkwartel |
| English | Crested Bobwhite |
| English (United States) | Crested Bobwhite |
| Finnish | töyhtöviiriäinen |
| French | Colin huppé |
| French (France) | Colin huppé |
| German | Haubenwachtel |
| Japanese | カンムリコリン |
| Norwegian | sørkrattvaktel |
| Polish | przepiór zmienny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | uru-do-campo |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Uru-do-campo |
| Russian | Хохлатый перепел |
| Serbian | Ćubasta kolinus prepelica |
| Slovak | prepelka chochlatá |
| Spanish | Colín Crestudo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Codorniz Crestada |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Codorniz Copetona |
| Spanish (Panama) | Codorniz Crestada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colín crestudo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Perdiz Encrestada |
| Swedish | fläckbukig vaktel/kronvaktel |
| Turkish | Sarı Suratlı Kolin |
| Ukrainian | Перепелиця чубата |
Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Tetrao cristatus
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.277.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mexico, Guiana = Curaçao.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COLINUS
- cristatum / cristatus
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
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Distribution of the Crested Bobwhite
