Nahan's Partridge[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Subfamily: | Perdicinae |
Genus: | Ptilopachus |
Species: | P. nahani |
Binomial name | |
Ptilopachus nahani (Dubois, 1905) |
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Synonyms | |
Francolinus nahani |
The Nahan's Partridge[1] (Ptilopachus nahani), also known as the Nahan's Francolin, is a bird in the Phasianidae family. This endangered species is found in rainforest in northeastern DR Congo and western Uganda,[3] and it is threatened by habitat loss and hunting.[2] As suggested by its alternative name, it was formerly believed to be a francolin and placed either in Francolinus or Pternistis, but it is now known that its closest relative is the Stone Partridge.[4][5] At about 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in length, the Nahan's Partridge is a relatively small, terrestrial bird with a red eye-ring, legs and base of the bill, brownish upperparts, and black-and-white underparts and head.[3]