Green-legged partridge
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For the Polish chicken breed, see Green-legged Partridge.
The green-legged partridge (Tropicoperdix chloropus), also known as the scaly-breasted partridge or green-legged hill-partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. It is found in forest in Indochina, ranging slightly into southernmost China (Yunnan). The Vietnam partridge is now usually considered a subspecies.
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Green-legged partridge | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | Tropicoperdix |
Species: | T. chloropus |
Binomial name | |
Tropicoperdix chloropus Blyth, 1859 | |
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