Biology:Przevalski's partridge

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Short description: Species of bird

Rusty-necklaced partridge
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22678703/92784709. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. "IOC World Bird List 13.1" (in en-US). doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.13.1. https://doi.org/10.14344/ioc.ml.13.1. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 276. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1070011 entry