''Colinus'' is a genus of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
s in the
New World quail family, Odontophoridae. Members of the genus are commonly known as bobwhites.
Species
Extant species
Fossil species
* †''Colinus eatoni''
* †''Colinus suilium''
Brodkorb 1959
* †''Colinus hibbardi''
Wetmore 1944
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Bird genera
Taxa named by Georg August Goldfuss
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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