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Colinus cristatus leucopogon

[edit] Identification

22-24 cm. Brown back with black spotting on the nape, white supercilium, dark line through the eye, white or brown throat and a short crest. Spotted lower belly, rest of the underparts are pale, entirely spotted, or spotted with a rufous chest depending on the subspecies. The female is duller than the male with a buff supercilium and mottled throat.

The song, most often given by males in spring and summer, is a rising, scratchy, bob-Wight! or bob-bob-White!

[edit] Distribution

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.

[edit] Taxonomy

It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Crested Bobwhite, Colinus cristatus.

[edit] Habitat

Open savanna with bushes and trees and other open woodland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes seeds and insects, the latter especially during the breeding season.

[edit] Breeding

About 10 white eggs are laid and incubated by both parents, though most nests are predominantly incubated by females. The chicks will leave the nest approximately 24 hours after hatching.

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