Birds and their Chewing Lice
Avian taxonomy Howard and Moore, 3rd. Edition, 2003
Lice taxonomy (in red) by Robert C. Dalgleish.
conventions:
Extinct = †
Record of host of type species of louse indicated by " * "
Odontophoridae
Genera of chewing lice known from the family:
Amyrsidea
Chelopistes
Clayia
Colinicola
Colpocephalum
Cuculotogaster
Goniocotes
Goniodes
Lagopoecus
Lipeurus
Menacanthus
Menopon
Numidicola
Oxylipeurus
Passonomedea
Somaphantus
Dendrortyx Gould, 1844
- Dendrortyx barbatus Gould, 1846 - Bearded Wood Partridge
Oxylipeurus abdominalis Carriker, 1956 *
- Dendrortyx macroura (Jardine & Selby, 1828) -Long-tailed Wood Partridge
Chelopistes dendrortyx (Cariker, 1945)
Oxylipeurus laticapitis (Carriker, 1967) *
- Dendrortyx leucophrys (Gould, 1844) - Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge
Chelopistes dendrotyx (Cariker, 1945) *
Oreortyx (Baird, S. F., 1858)
- Oreortyx pictus (Douglas, 1829) - Mountain Quail
Goniodes pictus Emerson, 1950 * (Taschenberg, 1879)
Lagopoecus californicus (Kellogg and Chapman, 1899) *
Callipepla Wagler, 1832
- Callipepla squamata (Vigors, 1830) - Scaled Quail
Colinicola pallida Emerson, 1949 *
Goniodes squamatus Emerson, 1950 *
Oxylipeurus callipeplus (Carriker, 1945) *
- Callipepla douglasii (Vigors, 1829) - Elegant Quail
- Callipepla californica (Shaw, 1798) - Californian Quail
- Callipepla gambelii (Gambel, 1843) - Gambel´s Quail
Philortyx Gould, 1846
- Philortyx fasciatus (Gould, 1844) - Banded Quail
Colinicola philortyx Carriker, 1967 *
Colinus Goldfuss, 1820
- Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Bobwhite
Colinicola numidianus (Denny, 1842)
Cuculotogaster maculipes (Piaget, 1880) *
Goniodes ortygis Denny 1842 *
Lipeurus caponis (Linnaeus, 1758 )
Menacanthus pricei Wiseman, 1968 *
Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oxylipeurus clavatus (McGregor, 1917) *
- Colinus nigrogularis (Gould, 1843) - Black-throated Bobwhite
Oxylipeurus callipeplus (Carriker, 1945)
- Colinus leucopogon (Lesson, 1842) - Spot-bellied Bobwhite
- Colinus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Crested Bobwhite
Colinicola opimus Carriker, 1945 *
Colinicola similis Carriker, 1945 *
Colinicola subtenuis Carriker, 1945 *
Goniodes columbianus Carriker, 1945 *
Lipeurus hamatus Piaget, 1885 *
Menacanths colinus Carriker, 1946 *
Oxylipeurus guajirensis (Carriker, 1945) *
Oxylipeurus ovaticephalus (Carriker, 1945) *
Odontophorus Vieillot, 1816
- Odontophorus gujanensis (Gmelin, 1789) - Marbled Wood Quail
- Odontophorus capueira (Spix, 1825) - Spot-winged Wood Quail
- Odontophorus melanotis Salvin, 1865) - Black-eared Wood Quail
- Odontophorus erythrops Gould, 1859 - Rufous-fronted Wood Quail
- Odontophorus atrifrons Allen, 1900 - Black-fronted Wood Quail
- Odontophorus hyperythrus Gould, 1858 - Chestnut Wood Quail
- Odontophorus melanonotus Gould, 1861 - Black-backed Wood Quail
- Odontophorus speciosus Tschudi, 1843 Rufous-breasted Wood Quail
- Odontophorus dialeucos Wetmore, 1963 Tacarcuna Wood Quail
- Odontophorus strophium (Gould, 1844) Gorgeted Wood Quail
- Odontophorus columbianus Gould, 1850 - Venezuelan Wood Quail
- Odontophorus leucolaemus Salvin, 1867 Black-breasted Wood Quail
- Odontophorus balliviani Gould, 1846 - Stripe-faced Wood Quail
- Odontophorus stellatus (Gould, 1843) - Starred Wood Quail
- Odontophorus guttatus (Gould, 1838) - Spotted Wood Quail
Dactylortyx Ogilvie-Grant, 1893
- Dactylortyx thoracicus (Gambel, 1848) - Singing Quail
Chelopistes dendrortyx (Carriker, 1945)
Oxylipeurus inexpectatus (Carriker, 1967) *
Cyrtonyx Gould, 1844
- Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vigors, 1830) - Montezuma Quail
Colinicola mearnsi Emerson, 1948 *
Oxylipeurus montezumae Emerson, 1949 *
- Cyrtonyx ocellatus (Gould, 1837) - Ocellated Quail
Rhynchortyx Ogilvie-Grant, 1893
- Rhynchortyx cinctus (Salvin, 1876) - Tawny-faced Quail
14 August, 2003
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