Chestnut-throated Partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus)

Other Names (World)
Chestnut-throated Partridge, Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge, Verreaux's Monal-Partridge, Verreaux's Partridge, Verreaux's Pheasant-Grouse, Verreaux's Pheasant-Partridge

Family
Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Size
46 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Verreaux, 1869)

Habitat
Temperate grassland, shrubland and forest.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B).

Western China, in north-eastern Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Verreaux's Monal-Partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus) [XC111111]
by Frank Lambert from below Mengbi Pass, Maerkang-Balangshan highway, Sichuan, China (song)

Verreaux's Monal-Partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus) [XC266530]
by Peter Boesman from Mengbi Shan, Maerkang-Balangshan highway, Sichuan, China (call, song)

Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with Buff-throated Partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii), with which forms superspecies.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Chestnut-throated Partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus) - 10 files

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