"Colinus virginianus" shine ainihin sunan kimiyya ga nau'in tsuntsaye wanda aka fi sani da bobwhite na arewa, bobwhite quail, Virginia quail, ko kuma kawai bobwhite. Karamin tsuntsu ne da ke zaune a kasa daga Arewacin Amurka, ana samunsa da farko a yankunan gabashi da tsakiyar Amurka. Sunan kimiyya "Colinus virginianus" ya fito ne daga kalmar Latin "Colinus," ma'ana karamin tsuntsu, da "virginianus," yana nufin kewayon tsuntsaye a Virginia.