''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
The New World quail are small birds only distantly related to the Old World quail, but named for their similar appearance and habits. The American species are in their own family, the Odontophoridae, whereas Old World quail are in the pheasant ...
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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