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Yucatan bobwhite

Colinus nigrogularis (Gould, 1843)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The yucatan bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis) is a species in the family Odontophoridae, order Galliformes. Recorded adults weigh 127.5 g to 137 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Yucatan bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis)
Photo: Maximilian Paradiz from Merida, Mexico · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the yucatan bobwhite

Weight
127.5 g – 137 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
23.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
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 yucatan bobwhite live?

Not recorded

What is the yucatan bobwhite?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Yucatan bobwhite” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yucatan_bobwhite&oldid=1379735166), 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 yucatan bobwhite endangered?

The yucatan 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. What the categories mean.

How is the yucatan bobwhite classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderGalliformes
  5. familyOdontophoridae
  6. genusColinus
  7. SpeciesColinus nigrogularis (Gould, 1843)
Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Black-throated bobwhiteEnglish
  • Black-throated bobwhiteEnglish
  • Yucatán bobwhiteEnglish
  • بوب وايت أسود الحنجرةArabic
  • colí golanegreCatalan
  • křepel černohrdlýCzech
  • sofliar yddfdduWelsh
  • Yucatán TrævagtelDanish
  • SchwarzkehlwachtelGerman
  • Schwarzkehl-WaldwachtelGerman
  • nigragorĝa arbokoturnoEsperanto
  • Colín gorjinegroSpanish
  • Codorniz yucatecaSpanish
  • mustkurk-nurmvuttEstonian
  • mustakurkkuviiriäinenFinnish
  • Colin à gorge noireFrench
  • crnogrla prepelicaCroatian
  • feketetorkú fogasfürjHungarian
  • Colino golaneraItalian
  • ノドグロコリンJapanese
  • juodagurklė amerikinė putpelėLithuanian
  • ZwartkeelbobwhiteDutch
  • ZwartkeelboomkwartelDutch
  • mayakrattvaktelNorwegian
  • przepiór białobrewyPolish
  • uru-de-papo-pretoPortuguese
  • codorniz-de-garganta-pretaPortuguese
  • Юкатанский перепелRussian
  • Черногорлая американская куропаткаRussian
  • prepelka čiernohrdláSlovak
  • Crnogrla kolinus prepelicaSerbian
  • svartstrupig vaktelSwedish
  • Kara Boğazlı KolinTurkish
  • перепелиця білоброваUkrainian
  • 黑喉齒鶉Chinese
  • 黑喉齿鹑Chinese

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Relatives of the yucatan bobwhite

Other species in the same genus Colinus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the yucatan bobwhite?

An adult yucatan bobwhite weighs 127.5 g – 137 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yucatan bobwhite endangered?

The yucatan 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 yucatan bobwhite?

The yucatan bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis) belongs to the family Odontophoridae in the order Galliformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yucatan bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yucatan-bobwhite

MLA

“Yucatan bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yucatan-bobwhite.

BibTeX
@misc{yucatan_bobwhite_2026,
  title = {Yucatan bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yucatan-bobwhite},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}