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Verreaux's monal-partridge

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Verreaux's monal-partridge
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tetraophasis
Species:
T. obscurus
Binomial name
Tetraophasis obscurus
(Verreaux,1869)

Verreaux's monal-partridge(Tetraophasis obscurus), also known aschestnut-throated partridgeorchestnut-throated monal-partridge,is abirdspecies in the familyPhasianidae.It is found only in centralChina.Its naturalhabitatisboreal forest.

The common name commemorate the French naturalistJules Verreaux.[2]

References

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  1. ^BirdLife International (2016)."Tetraophasis obscurus".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2016:e.T22678676A92784182.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22678676A92784182.en.Retrieved11 November2021.
  2. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003).Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds.London: Christopher Helm. pp. 350–351.