Przevalski's partridge (Alectoris magna) or the rusty-necklaced partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in China.
Rusty-necklaced partridge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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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Taxonomy
editPrzevalski'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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "IOC World Bird List 13.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.13.1. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 276.