Chestnut-throated monal-partridge

Chestnut-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus), also known as chestnut-throated partridge or Verreaux's monal-partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in central China. Its natural habitat is boreal forest.

Chestnut-throated monal-partridge
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Genus:	Tetraophasis
Species:	T. obscurus
Binomial name
Tetraophasis obscurus (Verreaux, 1869)

The common name "Verreaux's monal-partridge" commemorate the French naturalist Jules Verreaux.^[2]