Tropicoperdix

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Arborophila chloropus - Kaeng Krachan.jpg

| image_caption = Green-legged partridge (T. chloropus)

| taxon = Tropicoperdix

| authority = Blyth, 1859

| type_species = Tetrao charltonii

| type_species_authority = Eyton, 1845

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * Tropicoperdix charltonii

}}

Tropicoperdix is a genus of three species of birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. Although formerly classified in the now-defunct subfamily Perdicinae, phylogenetic evidence supports them being a sister group to the tribe Polyplectronini.{{Cite web|title=Galliformes|url=http://www.bird-phylogeny.de/superorders/galloanseres/galliformes/|access-date=2021-08-01|website=bird-phylogeny|language=de-DE}}{{Cite journal|date=2021-05-01|title=A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (Landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1055790321000245|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=158|pages=107091|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107091|issn=1055-7903|last1=Kimball |first1=Rebecca T. |last2=Hosner |first2=Peter A. |last3=Braun |first3=Edward L. |pmid=33545275 |bibcode=2021MolPE.15807091K |s2cid=231963063 }}{{Cite web |title=H&M4 Checklist family by family - The Trust for Avian Systematics |url=https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=11 |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=www.aviansystematics.org}} They are referred to as East Asian forest partridges.

Species

References

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  • {{Cite web

|author= International Ornithological Congress

|author-link=International Ornithological Congress

|title= IOC World Bird List

|date=July 25, 2020

|url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/the-project/

|access-date= July 25, 2020

}}

{{Pangalliformes|Pha.|state=collapsed}}

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Category:Tropicoperdix

Category:Bird genera

Category:Birds of Southeast Asia

Category:Birds described in 1859

Category:Taxa named by Edward Blyth

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