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Crested bobwhite

Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus) is a species in the family Odontophoridae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 131 g to 138 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus)
Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the crested bobwhite

Weight
131 g – 138 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
11.3 – 11.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the crested bobwhite live?

Not recorded

What is the crested bobwhite?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus) is a species of bird in the family Odontophoridae. It is found in northern South America, extending through Panama to just reach Costa Rica. It also occurs on Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.

From the Wikipedia article “Crested bobwhite” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crested_bobwhite&oldid=1329367329), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the crested bobwhite endangered?

The crested bobwhite is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the crested bobwhite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyOdontophoridae
  6. genusColinus
  7. SpeciesColinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Ortyx temmincki

Other names and names in other languages (45)
  • ColinEnglish
  • Crested quailEnglish
  • Thick-legged partridgeEnglish
  • بوب وايت متوجArabic
  • colí crestatCatalan
  • křepel chocholatýCzech
  • sofliar gribogWelsh
  • ToptrævagtelDanish
  • HaubenwachtelGerman
  • Hauben-WaldwachtelGerman
  • kresta arbokoturnoEsperanto
  • PerdizSpanish
  • Codorniz de MonteSpanish
  • colín crestadoSpanish
  • Colín crestudoSpanish
  • lõuna-nurmvuttEstonian
  • töyhtöviiriäinenFinnish
  • Colin huppéFrench
  • krunata prepelicaCroatian
  • Colino crestatoItalian
  • カンムリコリンJapanese
  • ノドグロコリンJapanese
  • kuoduotoji amerikinė putpelėLithuanian
  • KuifkwartelDutch
  • KuifbobwhiteDutch
  • sørkrattvaktelNorwegian
  • CocoiPapiamento
  • CocoíPapiamento
  • CucuiPapiamento
  • PatrishiPapiamento
  • Patrishi CocuiPapiamento
  • PatrushiPapiamento
  • SlokéPapiamento
  • przepiór zmiennyPolish
  • uru-do-campoPortuguese
  • codorniz-de-cristaPortuguese
  • Хохлатый перепелRussian
  • Хохлатая американская куропаткаRussian
  • prepelka chochlatáSlovak
  • Ćubasta kolinus prepelicaSerbian
  • kronvaktelSwedish
  • Sarı Suratlı KolinTurkish
  • перепелиця чубатаUkrainian
  • 冠齒鶉Chinese
  • 冠齿鹑Chinese

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Relatives of the crested bobwhite

Other species in the same genus Colinus.

LC, Least Concern

Yucatan bobwhite

Colinus nigrogularis

OdontophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the crested bobwhite?

An adult crested bobwhite weighs 131 g – 138 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the crested bobwhite endangered?

The crested bobwhite is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the crested bobwhite?

The crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus) belongs to the family Odontophoridae in the order Galliformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{crested_bobwhite_2026,
  title = {Crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/crested-bobwhite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}