Szechenyi's monal-partridge

Szechenyi's monal-partridge
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Subfamily:	Perdicinae
Genus:	Tetraophasis
Species:	T. szechenyii
Binomial name
	Tetraophasis szechenyii; Madarász, 1885

The Szechenyi's monal-partridge or buff-throated partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii) is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in China and India. Its natural habitat is boreal forests.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Hungarian explorer of Central Asia Graf Bela Széchenyi.^[2]

References

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^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 333.

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[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 333.

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