Przevalski's partridge
| Rusty-necklaced partridge | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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The Przevalski's partridge or rusty-necklaced partridge (Alectoris magna) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found only in China.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Russian explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky.[2]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 276.
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