Northern Bobwhite

Taxonomy

Order

Galliformes

Family

Odontophoridae

Genus

Colinus

eBird Code

norbob

Subspecies (20)

• Colinus virginianus aridus

  eastern Mexico (central and west-central Tamaulipas to southeastern San Luis Potosí)

• Colinus virginianus atriceps

  southern Mexico (interior of western Oaxaca)

• Colinus virginianus coyoleos

  Pacific coast of southern Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas)

• Colinus virginianus cubanensis

  Cuba including Isla de la Juventud

• Colinus virginianus floridanus

  peninsular Florida, including keys (except Key West) and Bahamas

• Colinus virginianus godmani

  lowlands of southeastern Mexico (Veracruz)

• Colinus virginianus graysoni

  west-central Mexico (southern Nayarit to Morelos, southern Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosí)

• Colinus virginianus harrisoni

  southern Mexico (southwestern Oaxaca)

• Colinus virginianus insignis

  southern Mexico (southern Chiapas) and adjacent Guatemala

• Colinus virginianus insulanus

  Key West, southwestern Florida (southeastern USA)

• Colinus virginianus maculatus

  eastern Mexico (central Tamaulipas to northern Veracruz and southeastern San Luis Potosí)

• Colinus virginianus minor

  southeastern Mexico (northeastern Chiapas and adjacent Tabasco)

• Colinus virginianus nigripectus

  eastern Mexico (Puebla, Morelos, and México)

• Colinus virginianus pectoralis

  southeastern Mexico (east slopes of mountains of central Veracruz)

• Colinus virginianus ridgwayi

  northwestern Mexico (north-central Sonora); extirpated in Arizona (USA)

• Colinus virginianus salvini

  southern Mexico (coastal southern Chiapas)

• Colinus virginianus taylori

  South Dakota to northern Texas, western Missouri, and northwestern Arkansas (central USA)

• Colinus virginianus texanus

  southwestern Texas (southern USA) to northern Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas)

• Colinus virginianus thayeri

  southern Mexico (northeastern Oaxaca)

• Colinus virginianus virginianus

  east-central and eastern North America from south-central Canada to northern Florida (southeastern USA)