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Tropicoperdix
Sign in to saveTropicoperdix is a genus of three species of birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Although formerly classified in the now-defunct subfamily Perdicinae, phylogenetic evidence supports them being a sister group to the tribe Polyplectronini. They are referred to as East Asian forest partridges.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderGalliformes
- FamilyPhasianidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 82
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Collections
- MNHN
- Recorded in
- Vietnam
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Tropicoperdix is a genus of three species of birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Although formerly classified in the now-defunct subfamily Perdicinae, phylogenetic evidence supports them being a sister group to the tribe Polyplectronini. They are referred to as East Asian forest partridges.
==Species== Chestnut-necklaced partridge, Tropicoperdix charltonii Sabah partridge, Tropicoperdix graydoni Green-legged partridge, Tropicoperdix chloropus
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tropicoperdix” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.