Buff-throated monal-partridge
| Buff-throated 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. szechenyii
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetraophasis szechenyii Madarász, 1885
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The Szechenyi's monal-partridge or buff-throated partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in central China and far northeastern India. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Hungarian explorer of Central Asia Graf Bela Széchenyi.[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. 333.
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