| Bamboo partridges | |
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| 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 | |
| Perdix thoracica[1] Temminck, 1815 | |
| Species | |
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Bamboo partridges, sometimes calledridge partridges, are medium-sized non-migratory birds of the genusBambusicola in the familyPhasianidae.They have a widenative distribution throughout Asia. They were formerly grouped in thePerdicinae subfamily of thePhasianidae (pheasants, quail, etc.). However, molecular research suggests that partridges are not a distincttaxon within the family Phasianidae, but that some species are closer to thepheasants, while others are closer to thejunglefowl. Phylogenetic evidence supports the bamboo partridges as being thesister genus to the junglefowl.[2]
There are three species in the genus:
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Mountain bamboo partridge
| Bambusicola fytchii[3][4] Anderson, 1871 | Bangladesh, Tibet, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Chinese bamboo partridge
| Bambusicola thoracicus[5] (Temminck, 1815) | East China, introduced toJapan | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
| Taiwan bamboo partridge
| Bambusicola sonorivox[6] Gould, 1863 | Taiwan. | Size: Habitat: Diet: | LC |
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