Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) | Details

Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon

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
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)	291,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	100000-499999 mature individuals	poor	suspected	1994
Population trend	stable	-	suspected	-
Generation length	1.9 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The population may number fewer than 500,000 individuals (del Hoyo et al. 1994), which is roughly equivalent to 330,000 mature individuals. The population is here placed in the band 100,000-499,999 mature individuals.

Trend justification: It has been suggested that the population is relatively stable (del Hoyo et al. 1994, Partners in Flight 2019). Nevertheless, the species has benefited from clear-cutting of forest and development of agriculture, and a range expansion has been reported (del Hoyo et al. 1994).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Costa Rica	extant	native	yes
El Salvador	extant	native	yes
Guatemala	extant	native	yes
Honduras	extant	native	yes
Nicaragua	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 (2025) Species factsheet: Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/spot-bellied-bobwhite-colinus-leucopogon on 02/01/2025.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2025) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 02/01/2025.