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Przevalski's partridge

Species of bird From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Przevalski's partridge (Alectoris magna) or the rusty-necklaced partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in China.

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Taxonomy

Przevalski's partridge has two recognized subspecies:[2]

  • A. m. lanzhouensis (Liu N., Huang Z., & Wen L., 2004) - Lanzhou Basin, and central Gansu (China)
  • A. m. magna (Przevalski, 1876) - north to northeastern Qinghai (China)

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Russian explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky.[3]

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