Biology:Przevalski's partridge
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Short description: Species of bird
| Rusty-necklaced partridge | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Alectoris |
| Species: | A. magna
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| Binomial name | |
| Alectoris magna (Przewalski, 1876)
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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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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
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