Verreaux's monal-partridge
| Verreaux's monal-partridge | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | Tetraophasis |
| Species: | T. obscurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetraophasis obscurus (Verreaux, 1869)
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Verreaux's monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus) or the chestnut-throated partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in central China. Its natural habitat is boreal forest.
The common name commemorate the French naturalist Jules Verreaux.[2]
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Tetraophasis obscurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ 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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