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Tetraophasis obscurus

Verreaux's monal-partridge
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tetraophasis
Species: T. obscurus
Binomial name
Tetraophasis obscurus
(Verreaux, 1869)

The Verreaux's monal-partridge or chestnut-throated partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found only in central China. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.

The common name commemorate the French naturalist Jules Verreaux.


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