Yucatan bobwhite

Yucatan bobwhite
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Odontophoridae
Genus: Colinus
Species:
C. nigrogularis
Binomial name
Colinus nigrogularis
(Gould, 1843)

The Yucatan bobwhite or black-throated bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis) is a species of bird in the family Odontophoridae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, coastal mangroves and heavily degraded former forest. A specific example of occurrence is the Petenes mangroves of the Yucatan.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Colinus nigrogularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679623A92821762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679623A92821762.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.