Colinus virginianus insulanus Howe, 1904:168
Key West bobwhite
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Colinus virginianus insularis Howe, 1904:168
Possibly a synonym of C. v. floridianus.
Conservation Status
Extinct or invalid
Last record: 1888
Distribution
Florida Keys, Florida, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Howe, Reginald Heber jnr. (1904). A new bob-white from the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 17: 168.
Other references:
Aldrich, John W. (1946). The United States races of the bob-white. Auk 63(4): 493-508.
Ridgway, Robert and Friedmann, Herbert. (1946). The birds of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the higher groups, genera, species, and subspecies of birds known to occur in North America, from the Arctic lands to the Isthmus of Panama, the West Indies and other islands of the Caribbean sea, and the Galapagos Archipelago. Part 10. Bulletin US National Museum 50: 1-487.
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