Taiwan bamboo partridge explained

The Taiwan bamboo partridge (Bambusicola sonorivox) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Chinese bamboo partridge.^[1]

It has several onomatopoeic names known among Taiwanese indigenous peoples: tkurih (Seediq and Truku),^{[2] [3]} tikulhat (Thao), tikulas (Bunun), tjikulai (Paiwan),^[4] and tikolac (Amis).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Species delimitation in the Chinese bamboo partridge Bambusicola thoracica (Phasianidae; Aves). Chih-Ming Hung et al., Zoologica Scripta Vol. 43, Issue 6, p. 562–575, November 2014,
2. Web site: tkurih. 原住民族語言研究發展基金會. 原住民族語言線上詞典. 2023-09-16. trv, zh-tw.
3. Web site: tkurih. 原住民族語言研究發展基金會. 原住民族語言線上詞典. 2023-09-16. trv, zh-tw.
4. Book: 周明傑. 力與美的交織－五個部落的排灣族勇士舞研究. 行政院原住民族委員會. 2007. 2007全國原住民族研究論文集. 行政院原住民族委員會. (1-8-)1-(1-8-)27. zh-tw.
5. Web site:
   • tikuRas: a bird, the Formosan bamboo partridge
   . Blust. Robert. Robert Blust. Trussel. Stephen. Austronesian Comparative Dictionary. 2010. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. 8 November 2022.