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Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus



Family: Odontophoridae (New World quails)

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcd

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Justification of Red List category
This species qualifies as Near Threatened because it has suffered moderately rapid declines in recent decades, mainly caused by habitat conversion and intensification of agriculture.



Population size: 5800000 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 10,100,000 km2

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Realm - Nearctic
Realm - Neotropical
Land-mass type - continent
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/northern-bobwhite-colinus-virginianus on 23/12/2024.
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 23/12/2024.