Verreaux's monal-partridge
Species of bird
Verreaux's monal-partridge | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Tetraophasis |
Species: | T. obscurus |
Binomial name | |
Tetraophasis obscurus (Verreaux, 1869) |
Verreaux's monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus), also known as chestnut-throated partridge or chestnut-throated monal-partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in central China. Its natural habitat is boreal forest.
The common name commemorate the French naturalist Jules Verreaux.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tetraophasis obscurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22678676A92784182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678676A92784182.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 350–351.
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