Verreaux's monal-partridge
Verreaux's monal-partridge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Subfamily: | Perdicinae |
Genus: | Tetraophasis |
Species: | T. obscurus |
Binomial name | |
Tetraophasis obscurus (Verreaux, 1869) | |
The Verreaux's monal-partridge or chestnut-throated partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found only in central China. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.
The common name commemorate the French naturalist Jules Verreaux.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tetraophasis obscurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 350–351.
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