Przevalski's partridge explained

Przevalski's partridge (Alectoris magna) or the rusty-necklaced partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae.It is found only in China.

Taxonomy

Przevalski's partridge has two recognized subspecies:^[1]

• A. m. lanzhouensis (Liu N., Huang Z., & Wen L., 2004) - Lanzhou Basin, and central Gansu (China)
• A. m. magna (Przevalski, 1876) - north to northeastern Qinghai (China)

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Russian explorer Nikolai Przhevalsky.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: IOC World Bird List 13.1 . 2023-03-21 . IOC World Bird List Datasets . en-US . 10.14344/ioc.ml.13.1.
2. Book: Beolens, Bo. Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. 2003. Christopher Helm. London. 276. Watkins, Michael .