Rufous-throated partridge
species of bird
The rufous-throated partridge (Arborophila rufogularis) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found in montane forests in India and Southeast Asia. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as a least-concern species.
Taxonomy
The rufous-throated partridge was formally described in 1849 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth based on birds from the Darjeeling district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India. He coined the binomial name Arboricola rufogularis where the specific epithet combines the Latin rufus meaning "red" with the Modern Latin gularis meaning "throated". The rufous-throated partridge is now one of 19 partridge species placed in the genus Arborophila that was introduced by Brian Hodgson in 1837.
Six subspecies are recognized:
A. r. annamensis (Robinson & Kloss, 1919) - in south-central Vietnam.
A. r. euroa (Bangs & Phillips J.C., 1914) - in southeastern Yunnan and northern Laos
A. r.
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