New World Quails (Odontophoridae)
Spot-bellied Bobwhite (Colinus leucopogon) - HBW 2, p. 427
French: Colin à face blanche
German: Fleckenwachtel
Spanish: Colín Gorgiblanco
Other common names: White breasted Bobwhite (hypoleucus); Sclater's Bobwhite (sclateri); Dickey's Bobwhite (dickeyi)
Taxonomy: Ortyx leucopogon Lesson, 1842, San Carlos = la Unión, El Salvador.
Often considered conspecific with C. cristatus. Several races have at times been considered full species. Race nicaraguae no longer considered valid. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- incanus Friedmann, 1944 - S Guatemala.
- hypoleucus (Gould, 1860) - W El Salvador and adjacent Guatemala.
- leucopogon (Lesson, 1842) - SE El Salvador and W Honduras.
- incanus Friedmann, 1944 - S Guatemala.
- hypoleucus (Gould, 1860) - W El Salvador and adjacent Guatemala.
- leucopogon (Lesson, 1842) - SE El Salvador and W Honduras.
- leylandi (Moore, 1859) - NW Honduras.
- sclateri (Bonaparte, 1856) - SW & C Honduras to NW Nicaragua.
- dickeyi Conover, 1932 - NW & C Costa Rica.
- Least Concern
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