Bamboo partridge

Short description: Genus of birds

Bamboo partridges

Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Galliformes
Family:  | Phasianidae
Tribe:  | Gallini
Genus:  | Bambusicola
Gould, 1863
Type species
Bambusicola thoracicus

Species

see text

Bamboo partridges, sometimes called ridge partridges, are medium-sized non-migratory birds of the genus Bambusicola in the family Phasianidae.They have a wide native distribution throughout Asia. They were formerly grouped in the Perdicinae subfamily of the Phasianidae (pheasants, quail, etc.). However, molecular research suggests that partridges are not a distinct taxon within the family Phasianidae, but that some species are closer to the pheasants, while others are closer to the junglefowl. Phylogenetic evidence supports the bamboo partridges as being the sister genus to the junglefowl.[1]

## Species

There are three species in the genus:

Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution

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| Mountain bamboo partridge | Bambusicola fytchii[2][3] | Bangladesh, Tibet, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
| Chinese bamboo partridge | Bambusicola thoracicus[4] | Eastern China, and introduced to Japan.
| Taiwan bamboo partridge | Bambusicola sonorivox[5] | Taiwan.

## References

1. ↑ "Galliformes" (in de-DE). http://www.bird-phylogeny.de/superorders/galloanseres/galliformes/.
2. ↑ "Mountain Bamboo-partridge: Bambusicola fytchii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1 October 2016. 1 October 2016. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22679114/92803444. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
3. ↑ "Mountain bamboo-partridge | Twycross Zoo | World Primate Centre". http://www.twycrosszoo.org/mountain-bamboo-partridge.aspx.
4. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Bambusicola thoracicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22725191A94887004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725191A94887004.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22725191/94887004. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
5. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Bambusicola sonorivox". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22725205A94887202. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725205A94887202.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22725205/94887202. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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