However, several species and sub-species, such as the bearded wood partridge (Dendrortyx barbatus) of Veracruz and the masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgewayi) of Sonora, are endangered. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Wild Game - Duck And Quail] Reference
Fauna biodiversity is relatively unknown, but includes a few endemic subspecies such as the burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia tolimae), tropical bobwhite (Colinus cristatus leucotis), and euphonia (Euphonia concinna). From Wordnik.com. [Magdalena Valley dry forests] Reference
Very little is known about the biodiversity of this region; endemic species are: the burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia tolimae), the tropical bobwhite (Colinus cristatus leucotis), the euphonia Euphonia concinna, the tropical cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus purgatus) and the national flower of Colombia, the Christmas orchid Cattleya trianaei. From Wordnik.com. [Magdalena Valley dry forests] Reference
Among the bird species the following are the commonest: military macaw Ara militaris (VU), rufescent tinamu Crypturellus cinnamomeus, spot‑bellied bobwhite Colinus leucopogon, great curassow Crax rubra, crested guan Penelope purpurascens, blue‑winged teal Anas discors, roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja, thick knee Burhinus bistriatus, jabiru Jabiru mycteria (VU), ibis Eudocimus albus and laughing falcon Herpetotheres cachinans. From Wordnik.com. [Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica] Reference
Colinus Maximus on August 11th, 2010 @ 3: 46pm EDT. From Wordnik.com. [Transformers News] Reference
Other birds that utilize this ecoregion are yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea), neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), yucatan parrot (Amazona xantholora), Yucatán bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis), and zenaida dove (Zenaida aurita). From Wordnik.com. [Petenes mangroves] Reference
In England the term is applied only to the true partridge (Perdix perdix) and its nearly related varieties, but in the United States it is also used to designate the ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus), the common quail (Colinus virginianus) and various other tetraonoid birds. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 4. Changed Meanings] Reference
Even the last pair, numbers 41 and 42, offer three personal clues which lead to the same result: -- the arms of Bouchard de Marly who died in 1226, almost at the same time as Louis VIII; a certain Colinus or Colin, "de camera Regis," who was alive in 1225; and Robert of Beaumont in the rose, who seems to be a Beaumont of Le. From Wordnik.com. [Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres] Reference
The grey-barred wren (Campylorhynchus megalopterus), banded quail (Philortx fasciatus), common bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), great horned owl (Bubo virginianus), white-tipped dove (Leptotila verreaxi), long-tailed wood-partridge (Dendrortyx macroura), and montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) are also present in this diverse ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests] Reference
Bobwhite, Northern Colinus virginianus 206, 268. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
These subspecies are bare-eyed pigeon (Columba corensis jacquin), crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus continentis), green-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus viridissimus), red-billed parrot (Pionus sordidus ponsi), brown-throated parakeet (Aratinga pertinax aeruginosa), puffbird (Bucco ruficollis decolor), straight-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus picus paraguanae), straight-billed woodcreeper (Xiphorynchus picus picirostris), pale-breasted spinetail (Synallaxis albescens perpallida), red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rublicapillus paraguanae), troupial (Icterus icterus ridgwayi), Orinocan saltator (Saltator orenocensis rufescens), buff-breasted wren (Thryothorus leucotis collinus), and russet-throated puffbird (Hypnelus rificollis decolor). From Wordnik.com. [Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub] Reference
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