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Scientific Name
Colinus virginianus
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park
Ninety Six National Historic Site (NISI)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Northern Bobwhite
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
KingdomAnimalia
SubkingdomBilateria
Infrakingdom Deuterostomia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
Infraphylum Gnathostomata
SuperclassTetrapoda
ClassAves
OrderGalliformes
FamilyOdontophoridae
GenusColinus
SpeciesColinus virginianus
Occurrence
Present
Occurrence Notes
Data Source: Seriff 2006, Bibkey #631514
Nativeness
Native
Abundance
Uncommon
Abundance Notes
occational abundance in winter; Data Source: Seriff 2006, Bibkey #631514
Management Tags
  • Management Priority
    Immediate management - Requires management of fire ant colonies. Raccoons and skunks should also be managed if excess size in population.
Seasonality Tags
  • Breeder
    permanent resident, probable or confirmed breeder per Seriff 2006 (Bibkey #631514); Data Source: Seriff 2006, Bibkey #631514
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
2
References
2
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
sjd-MACA
Created Date
8/29/2000 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
Bill Moore
Last Modified Date
4/26/2007 12:00:00 AM
Notes
Park Species Data Source: Wilson et al 1998; Seriff et al 2004; Seriff 2006
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