Crested Bobwhite (Colinus cristatus) | Details

Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Colinus cristatus and C. leucopogon (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) were previously lumped as C. cristatus following Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2021	Least Concern
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2014	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,510,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	5000000-49999999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	2019
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	1.7 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population has not been quantified given recent taxonomic splits, but it may number over 5 million mature individuals (Partners in Flight 2019).

Trend justification: The species has benefited from clear-cutting of forest and development of agriculture (del Hoyo et al. 1994). The population is thought to be stable (Partners in Flight 2019).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Aruba (to Netherlands)	extant	native	yes
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (to Netherlands)	extant	native	yes
Brazil	extant	native	yes
Colombia	extant	native	yes
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
Curaçao (to Netherlands)	extant	native	yes
French Guiana	extant	native	yes
Guyana	extant	native	yes
Panama	extant	native	yes
Suriname	extant	native	yes
Venezuela	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 3200 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/crested-bobwhite-colinus-cristatus on 18/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 18/12/2024.