Przevalski's partridge

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Rusty-necklaced partridge
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Alectoris
Species:
A. magna
Binomial name
Alectoris magna
(Przewalski, 1876)

Przevalski's partridge (Alectoris magna) or the rusty-necklaced partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in China.

Taxonomy

Przevalski's partridge has two recognized subspecies: [2]

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Russian explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky. [3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Alectoris magna". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22678703A92784709. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678703A92784709.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "IOC World Bird List 13.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.13.1 . Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 276.