Ptilopachus
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyOdontophoridae
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- Odontophoridae
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Ptilopachus is an African genus of birds in the New World quail family.
==Taxonomy== The genus Ptilopachus was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate a single species, the stone partridge, which is therefore the type species. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ptilon meaning "feather" with pakhus meaning "thick" or "dense".