Nahan's partridge
| Nahan's partridge[1] | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Odontophoridae |
| Genus: | Ptilopachus |
| Species: | P. nahani
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| Binomial name | |
| Ptilopachus nahani (Dubois,1905)
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| Synonyms | |
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Francolinus nahani | |
Nahan's partridge[1](Ptilopachus nahani), also known as theNahan's francolin,is abirdtraditionally placed in the familyPhasianidae.As suggested by its alternative name, it was formerly believed to be afrancolinand placed either inFrancolinusorPternistis,but it is now known that its closest relative is thestone partridgeand together may in fact be the only African representatives of theNew World quails(Odontophoridae).[3][4]
Description
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At about 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in length, the Nahan's partridge is a relatively small,terrestrialbird with a red eye-ring, legs and base of the bill, brownish upperparts, and black-and-white underparts and head.[5]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Thisendangeredspecies is found in the rainforests in northeasternDR Congoand westernUganda,[5]and it is threatened byhabitat lossand hunting.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abGill, F, & Donsker, D. eds. (2010).IOC World Bird Names.Version 2.7. Accessed 15 January 2011.
- ^abBirdLife International (2017)."Ptilopachus nahani".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2017:e.T22678795A118416398.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22678795A118416398.en.Retrieved15 November2021.
- ^Crowe, T. M., Bowie, R.C.K., Bloomer, P., Mandiwana, T.G., Hedderson, T.A.J., Randi, E., Pereira, S., & Wakeling, J. (2006).Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): Effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data.Cladistics 22: 495-532.
- ^Crowe, T. (2010).Phylogenetic affinities of Enigma tic African galliforms: the Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus and Latham's and Nahan's 'Francolins' Francolinus lathami and F. nahani.Cladistics 26: 206-206. (Abstract).
- ^abMcGowan, P. J. K. (1994). Nahan's francolin (Francolinus nahani). Pp. 497 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Sargatal, J. eds. (1994).Handbook of the Birds of the World.Vol. 2. New World Vultures to Guineafowl. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.ISBN84-87334-15-6
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