Przevalski's partridge

Rusty-necklaced partridge
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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]

• A. m. lanzhouensis(Liu N., Huang Z., & Wen L., 2004) - Lanzhou Basin, and central Gansu (China)
• A. m. magna (Przevalski, 1876) -north to northeastern Qinghai (China)

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.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 276.