Bamboo partridge

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| name = Bamboo partridges

| image = Bambusicola thoracicus1.jpg

| image_caption = Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)

| taxon = Bambusicola

| authority = Gould, 1863

| type_species = Perdix thoracica{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=11 |title= Phasianidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}

| type_species_authority = Temminck, 1815

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Bamboo partridges, sometimes called ridge partridges, are medium-sized non-migratory birds of the genus Bambusicola in the family Phasianidae.They have a wide native distribution throughout Asia. They were formerly grouped in the Perdicinae subfamily of the Phasianidae (pheasants, quail, etc.). However, molecular research suggests that partridges are not a distinct taxon within the family Phasianidae, but that some species are closer to the pheasants, while others are closer to the junglefowl. Phylogenetic evidence supports the bamboo partridges as being the sister genus to the junglefowl.{{Cite web|title=Galliformes|url=http://www.bird-phylogeny.de/superorders/galloanseres/galliformes/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=bird-phylogeny|language=de-DE}}

Species

There are three species in the genus:

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|name=Mountain bamboo partridge |binomial=Bambusicola fytchii{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2016 |title=Bambusicola fytchii |page=e.T22679114A92803444 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679114A92803444.en}}{{cite web |url=http://www.twycrosszoo.org/mountain-bamboo-partridge.aspx |title=Mountain bamboo-partridge | Twycross Zoo | World Primate Centre |website=www.twycrosszoo.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192704/http://www.twycrosszoo.org/mountain-bamboo-partridge.aspx |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}

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|authority-name=Anderson |authority-year=1871 |authority-not-original=

|range= Bangladesh, Tibet, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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|name=Chinese bamboo partridge |binomial=Bambusicola thoracicus{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Bambusicola thoracicus |page=e.T22725191A94887004 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725191A94887004.en}}

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|authority-name=Temminck |authority-year=1815 |authority-not-original=yes

|range= East China, introduced to Japan

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|name= Taiwan bamboo partridge|binomial=Bambusicola sonorivox{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Bambusicola sonorivox |page=e.T22725205A94887202 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725205A94887202.en}}

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References

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